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Animal Olympics

Author : CARRON BROWN

Publisher : Ivy Kids

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 50,69 MB

Release : 2020-05-05

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1782409874

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Are you ready to meet some of the most incredible Olympians in the world? These animal athletes are at the top of their game, and they’re ready to go for gold! This fascinating book for readers aged 5+ examines the incredible abilities of animals from all around the globe with a captivating and original conceit – in Animal Olympics, the creatures are competing, and the reader has a front row seat to the action. In each event, animals are awarded bronze, silver or gold for their skills. Events featured in the book include diving, wrestling, rock climbing and gymnastics. Readers will discover all kinds of astounding animals, from the bar-headed goose, which flies at heights of up to 6,300 metres, to the flic-flac spider, which cartwheels across the Moroccan desert. Fun vignettes show the animals in their heat, and are accompanied by absorbing, fact-packed captions. On your marks, get set, and off we go to the Animal Olympics!



The Animal Olympics

Author : Julie Pryke

Publisher : Beaten Track Publishing

Page : 58 pages

File Size : 32,38 MB

Release : 2019-12-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1786453932

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This delightful story by the real author (Julie Pryke) takes you through the idea of the Animal Olympics as they may have developed, thanks to a rainy day, a pet dog and a bored child with an artistic bent. Filled with rhymes, pictures and awful puns, this is a book for children of all ages – a book which can be enjoyed over and over again. After all, it is… The one and only… That magnificent, spectacular, unique event… THE ANIMAL OLYMPICS!



Olympig!

Author : Victoria Jamieson

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 41 pages

File Size : 17,11 MB

Release : 2016-07-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1101997796

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From the New York Times bestselling author of When Stars Are Scattered comes a Olympics-themed picture book that brings home the bacon. This hilarious story makes a great read-aloud for the 2021 Summer Games! Boomer the Pig has been training hard for the Animal Olympics, so when he loses his first race, he shrugs it off and cheerfully moves on. One event after another, Boomer keeps losing, and the frustration begins to get to him. But even after coming in last in every sport, there's no getting this Olympig down. It's just great practice for the Winter Games! This encouraging and funny story is for every kid who's ever been told "you can't win 'em all." "A humorous romp."—Publishers Weekly



Animal Gymnastics Stars

Author : Gail Terp

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 17,54 MB

Release : 2017-08

Category : Animals

ISBN : 9781503820395

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Which animal athletes would win the gold, silver, and bronze medal in a gymnastics competition: the mountain goat, Eastern gray squirrel, or sifaka? Explore the animal kingdom's best gymnasts and compare how their skills rate against one another. Additional features include fun facts, captivating photos, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research.



Animal Olympics

Author : Stan Marks

Publisher :

Page : 55 pages

File Size : 32,81 MB

Release : 1972

Category : Animals

ISBN : 9780858850088

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Animal Athletes

Author : Duncan J. Irschick

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 267 pages

File Size : 11,60 MB

Release : 2016

Category : Science

ISBN : 0199296553

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The study of performance capacity (defined as the ability of an animal to conduct a key task) holds great interest at both ecological and evolutionary levels. In this book, the topic is addressed using examples from throughout the animal kingdom, identifying common themes that transcend taxonomy.



Rattlesnake's Relay Race

Author : Laura North

Publisher : Franklin Watts

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 50,78 MB

Release : 2016-03-10

Category : Animal stories

ISBN : 9781445147826

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Rattlesnake is so determined to win the race, he wants to gobble up the other runners! Porcupine, Octopus and Parrot will have to be quick to avoid being eaten... The Froglets series is perfect for children who are reading on their own, with fun stories of no more than 200 words.



World Record Animals

Author : Oldřich Růzička

Publisher : Albatros Media

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 36,32 MB

Release : 2021-05-25

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9788000059310

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Superheroes, record holders, and fascinating facts from the animal kingdom! Welcome to our animal Olympics! The animal world has almost infinite variety. Many of its creatures have strengths similar to superheroes. The world's fastest animals can move at the speed of a race car; one small creature has the strength of a trained weightlifter; the world's strongest animal can lift many times its own weight; and the longest-lived animal survives for several hundred years. Fastest, slowest, strongest, largest, smallest, longest living, furthest jumping, most dangerous, most beautiful, ugliest, deepest diving--these and many other record holders from the animal kingdom fill this book with unexpected, fascinating facts.



Meerkat's Marathon

Author : Damian Harvey

Publisher : Froglets: Animal Olympics

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 29,32 MB

Release : 2016-07-12

Category : Marathon running

ISBN : 9781445147758

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Brightly illustrated early reading books by top authors and illustrators, perfect for newly independent readers.



G is for Gold Medal

Author : Brad Herzog

Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 14,95 MB

Release : 2011-09-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1410307964

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From the first games held in ancient Greece to the cultural extravaganzas of recent years, there have been some incredible and amazing events and milestones in the world of Olympic sports. Now in G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet, writer Brad Herzog showcases those athletes and events that not only set sports records but also impacted history and world views. Learn the meaning behind the five interlocking rings featured on the Olympic flag. Cheer on American Jim Thorpe as he won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, only to lose his medals later. Read how the man dubbed as the "world's laziest high jumper" won the gold in 1968 and later had a jump named after him. All these moments and more are brought to life in G is for Gold Medal. Brad Herzog has written travel and sports books for readers young and old. His books with Sleeping Bear include the best-selling H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet. Brad lives on California's Monterey Peninsula. Doug Bowles has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years. His books for Sleeping Bear include One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book and S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet. Doug lives in Leawood, Kansas.