artistic gymnastics

"Celebrate the Summer Olympic Games with this elementary-level introduction to the sport of gymnastics and its floor and apparatus events. Includes biographical facts about Hmong-American artistic gymnast Suni Lee"--Provided by publisher.

"Every day, gymnasts test their skills as they leap, twist, and soar to new heights in competitions. Many of them hope to become Olympic heroes someday. This title teaches readers about the legends of the sport and the routines that made them famous. Readers can also learn the skills they need to compete"--Provided by publisher.

"This book is . . . designed to show you how to master the skills that professional gymnasts use every day. With step-by-step photographs, . . . tips to master tricky techniques, [and] loads of drills and exercises for you to perfect in the gym. Get the skills to perform on parallel bars, rings, pommel horse, the floor, and . . . more"--Back cover.

The Summer Olympics inspires Kylie Jean Carter to take gymnastics lessons, but even better than that is making a new friend, Abby, who is deaf, and starting to learn sign language.

After a fall during her balance beam routine thirteen-year-old Rachel and her cousin use the magical Sports Illustrated magazines in their grandfather's collection to travel back to the 1976 Olympics to observe Nadia Com?neci's perfect routines--and incidentally meet their grandfather who is covering the Olympics as a sports reporter.