Discovering the Olympics
February 2026
 
 
They don’t come around that often, but when they do, we all love to become experts. Let’s channel that enthusiasm in your classroom or at home with your learners! Focus on learning about individual athletes with our biography section, or come up with your own Olympic events to compete in. You can have each child invent their own event, and train the rest of the family! Be creative- what events can you do in the house, and what events can you do outside?

Learn about the history of the Olympic games and connect it to a unit studying Ancient Greece, and Greek and Roman Mythology. Check out Just for Kids, a free video service where you can find videos like this one on Mythology. (To access Just for Kids, you will need the Username: handleyPL and Password: digital)
 
 
 
Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne
Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics
by Mary Pope Osborne

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics, they had lots of questions. What did the ancient Greeks wear? What did they do for fun? Where were the very first Olympics held? How are our modern Olympics similar to the ancient Olympics? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs. Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures Have more fun with Jack and Annie at MagicTreeHouse.com!
Summer Olympics: The Definitive Guide to the World's Greatest Sports Celebration
by Clive Gifford

Created by an award-winning author-and-illustrator team, Olympics sets the stage with facts, articles, and essential background information across the complete range of Olympic summer competition. Every aspect of the summer games is covered, including their history, the bidding process, training and qualifying, and life in the Olympic Village. Coverage of the events themselves captures the exhilaration of competing at the pinnacle of world sports--from explosive sprints and the grace of gymnastics to the proving grounds of endurance, the marathon and triathlon, and everything in between. In addition, special spreads celebrate the great summer Olympics, from Stockholm 1912 to the record-breaking games of Sydney 2000. Olympic achievements are highlighted at the back of the book, bringing to life the great rivalries and honoring those competitors who battled adversity to shine on the world's stage.
Summer Olympics: The Definitive Guide to the World's Greatest Sports Celebration by Clive Gifford
Olympics by Chris Oxlade
Olympics
by Chris Oxlade

Surveys the history and traditions of the Olympics, highlighting memorable events from ancient Greece to the present day.
The Mud Flat Olympics
by James Stevenson

At the Mud Flat Olympics if the animals don't win the Deepest Hole Contest, the All-Snail High Hurdles, or the River-Cross Freestyle, they can still come to the picnic after the games and have ice cream for dessert.
The Mud Flat Olympics by James Stevenson
The Pickle-Chiffon Pie Olympics by Jolly Roger Bradfield
The Pickle-Chiffon Pie Olympics
by Jolly Roger Bradfield

I, King Rupert Pickle XIV, hereby declare that all the characters and events chronicled in this tale are true and authentic. All the people portrayed by the author lived at the time of the Pickle-Chiffon Pie Olympics held in June of 1348. The Olympic events reported in the story (dragon wrestling, the giant climb, the moat swim, etc.) actually took place and the winners accurately reported herein. None of the names were changed, nor were locations altered. I have affixed my royal seal and do hereby attest to the accuracy of this statement. (Well, sort of.) Rupert XIV
Yusra Swims
by Julie Abery

A biography in rhyme relates the story of Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini--
Yusra Swims by Julie Abery
Family Fun Night: The Third Edition: 365+ Great Nights with Your Kids by Cynthia Copeland
Family Fun Night: The Third Edition: 365+ Great Nights with Your Kids
by Cynthia Copeland

From New York Times best-selling parenting book author Cynthia Copeland comes the third edition of Family Fun Night, featuring over a year's worth of great ideas that foster family togetherness.
Unplug and play : the ultimate illustrated guide to roughhousing with your kids
by Anthony T. DeBenedet

""A handbook about the importance of physical play for childhood development, including instructions for 45 illustrated activities parents and kids can enjoy together."
Unplug and play : the ultimate illustrated guide to roughhousing with your kids by Anthony T. DeBenedet

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