Olympic Fever

We're all cheering on Team USA as they compete in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics! Here are some titles for a deeper dive into some of the sports and athletes, past and present.

Updated August 1, 2024
Lewisville Public Library
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Flying high : the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles
Meadows, Michelle
Paper Book
A lyrical picture book biography of Simone Biles, gymnastics champion and Olympic superstar. Before she was a record-breaking gymnast competing on the world stage, Simone Biles spent time in foster care as a young child. Nimble and boundlessly energetic, she cherished every...
The first Olympics Athens 1896
White, Larry
DVD
A French baron and a Princeton professor promote and provide for an international modern Olympics.
Olympics
Oxlade, Chris.
Paper Book
Surveys the history and traditions of the Olympics, highlighting memorable events from ancient Greece to the present day.
The games : a global history of the Olympics
Goldblatt, David
Paper Book
The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic games--by a New York Times best-selling sportswriter. A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 For millions of people around the world, the...
Simone Biles
Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
Paper Book
Kid Olympians, summer : true tales of childhood from champions and game changers
Stevenson, Robin
Paper Book
Featured in the New York Times Triumphant, relatable, and totally true biographies tell the childhood stories of a diverse group of international athletes who have captured the world's attention at the Summer Olympics and Paralympics, like Simone Biles, Jesse Owens, Naomi...
The boys in the boat : the true story of an American team's epic journey to win gold at the 1936 olympics
Brown, Daniel James
Paper Book
Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the...
Chariots of fire
Hudson, Hugh.
DVD
Story of two English runners that were both driven by different means to win the Olympics. One used his faith in God, and the other his hatred of anti-Semitism. Special Edition features include: additional scenes, interviews, featurettes, and more.
Olympic pride, American prejudice : the untold story of 18 African Americans who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Draper, Deborah Riley
Paper Book
Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South. Set against the turbulent backdrop of a segregated...
Triumph : the untold story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
Schaap, Jeremy.
Paper Book
From the ESPN national correspondent and author of the New York Times bestseller Cinderella Man comes the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of a defining moment in sports and world history. In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and a storm troopers goose-stepping, an...
No limits : the will to succeed
Phelps, Michael
Paper Book
"When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there."Michael Phelps is one of the greatest competitors the world has ever seen. From teen sensation in Sydney to...

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