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Title What are the Summer Olympics? / by Gail Herman; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.
Author Herman, Gail, 1959- author.
Publisher New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Description 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 20 cm.
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LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 HF-Juv. Non fiction  J796.48 HER Nearby on shelf  30632003488487 04-29-23  AVAILABLE
 HF-Juv. Non fiction  J796.48 HER  30632004121293 06-05-23  DUE 04-30-24
Note Some editions published by Turtleback Books..
Also published by Penworthy.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and filmography.
NOTE Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 1 181174
Contents What are the Summer Olympics? -- The ancient Games, 776 BC-AD 393 -- The modern Games begin: late 1800s -- The Olympics grow: the early 1900s -- New Games: news stars, the 1920s -- Politics enter the Games: the 1930s -- After the war: late 1940s and 1950s -- Time for change: the 1960s -- Munich and Montreal: the 1970s -- Dives and drugs: the 1980s -- Dreams lost and found: the 1990s -- A new century: the 2000s -- At the close -- Movies about the Olympics -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
Summary An overview of the Summer Olympics from Greecian times through 2012.
Audience 750L Lexile
Subject Olympics -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Series What are....?
Add'l Names Marchesi, Stephen, illustrator.
Other title Summer Olympics.
ISBN 9780448488349
9781518213403
1518213405
9780606384131
9781484476505
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