Pub Date: August 1, 2018
Dewey: 796
LCCN: 2017960462
Lexile Code: 0680
Features: Glossary
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 9.60" L x 8.20" W ( 0.40 lbs) 24 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports and Recreation | Extreme Sports
Series: Top 10 in Sports
Description: Who's Number 1? It's every sports fan's biggest question. In Top 10 Olympic Champions, readers get a chance to meet gold-medal superstars and more--then it's up to them to decide who tops the list. Stats, stories, and facts help each reader have their own opinion. The book features record-breaking stars from yesterday and today. Outstanding photography, fact-packed sidebars and captions, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author all aid readers' comprehension.
Brief description: John Walters wrote for Sports Illustrated and Newsweek and worked for NBC Sports at the Summer Olympics. He earned two Sports Emmys for his work there. He is the author of The Same River Twice: A Season with Geno Auriemma and the Connecticut Huskies, Notre Dame Golden Moments, and was a coauthor of Basketball for Dummies.