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Olympic Summer Games 2000

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The small format of this book enables it to be carried in a pocket and encourages students to make notes in the book. The focus of the book is on introducing each event in a 1-2 page format so general Olympic information is kept to a minimal amount. The book excels at small lists such as the host cities, the calendar of events, 100 Years of Olympic Highlights, and the event logs on each page. Beside each event is the 1996 winner and team, the olympic record if appropriate, and blank lines for the 2000 winner. This book would be useful for individuals and as a springboard for more intense Olympic titles.

Although the material here is dated, "Olympic Summer Games 2000" gives a good review of all the events, including 7 pages on aquatics, 10 pages on track and field (including Olympic records), and 1-2 pages each on such diverse sports as Badminton, Judo, Wrestling, and Volleyball. The small book is beautifully produced with color illustrations of track venues, foldouts on "100 Years of Olympic Highlights," winners from 1996 (and places to write in the year 2000 winners), and a brief history of the Olympics. The descriptions are very brief but appropriate for readers around 7-11 yrs or so. The book has over 60 pages, with informative captioned pictures, and a schedule of all the games at Sydney. Let's hope that a similar book is published for the next Olympiad.

This is a great record keeping book, for children and adults. It has colorful pictures, shows the internationnal symbols for each event, and even tells who won the gold medal in 1996. The streamlined size makes it easy to take anywhere. I am going to need to get more for the rest of my nephews and nieces!

This book is great to read while watching the Olympics. It has great information about each and every sport you will see. It tells about the history of each Olympiad and when and where each was held. It tells who holds the record on all of the swimming events and also tells who won the gold medal in each event at the 1996 Olympics. My favorite thing about the book is that there is a space for you to record the gold medal winner for each event in 2000. Even though it is titled for the year 2000, it is also great to have for the next Olympics because you can still read about each sport and the history of the Olympics and that information will not be outdated. I do hope that they publish another book just like this for the 2004 Olympics. I would definately buy it! I love this book!