Girls Love Gymnastics (American Girl Library)
from American Girl
Whether you are taking your first turn on the balance beam, or if tumbling has tickled your fitness fancy for years, you can jump right into this book. Begin with the basics, read the true stories of real girl gymnasts, and expand your love of the sport with fun gymnastics games, recipes, crafts, and more!
The Gymnastics Book: The Young Performer's Guide to Gymnastics (Young Performer's Guide)
by Elfi Schlegel
from Firefly Books
This indispensable guide is simply the best book for beginners to the sport of artistic gymnastics. Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs of gymnasts swinging, balancing, tumbling and jumping, The Gymnastics Book features skilled guidance from a medal-winning athlete who is now a noted instructor. The topics covered in detail include finding a good gymnastics club, qualities to look for in a coach, warm-up and cool-down exercises, moving into competitive gymnastics, managing victories and losses, the importance of family and friends, nutrition and apparel, financial aspects, and a typical day in the life of a competitive gymnast.
The book is also filled with anecdotes and advice from Olympic stars, taking beginners behind the scenes and offering a no-holds-barred account of the life of a competitive gymnast.
Carly Patterson: Be Strong (Positively for Kids Books: Gymnastics)
by Carly Patterson; Clint Kelly
from Positively for Kids, Inc.
2004 Olympic all-around gold medalist Carly Patterson describes her journey from cartwheeling in her backyard to standing on the winnerÂ’s podium in Athens, Greece. Carly was just 16 years old when she became the second American female in history to win the gold medal in the all-around gymnastics competition.
I Love Gymnastics
by Naia Bray-Moffatt
from DK CHILDREN
This charming book is the perfect way to encourage young children to take part in an athletic activity and be the best they can be. I Love Gymnastics follows the progress of a group of young gymnasts as they learn simple balances and other basic techniques before moving on to more challenging moves on the beam and bars.
DK Readers: First Day at Gymnastics (Level 1: Beginning to Read)
by Anita Ganeri
from DK CHILDREN
Written by children's authors and compiled by leading experts in the field of literacy, DK READERS capture children's interest and help them learn. DK Readers is a multi-level learning-to-read program combining DK's highly visual style with appealing stories at four graduated levels. Stunning photographs and engaging, age-appropriate stories are guaranteed to capture a child's interest while developing reading skills and general knowledge. DK Readers allow progression from stories for beginning readers with simple sentences and word repetition through to stories with rich vocabulary and more challenging sentence structure for proficient readers.
I Want to Be a Gymnast (DK READERS)
by Kate Simkins
from DK CHILDREN
Back in full force with 7 all-new titles, DK Readers allow beginning readers to progress from easy-to-follow stories with simple sentences and word repetition to more sophisticated storylines, sentence structure, and vocabulary.
The Best Book of Gymnastics (The Best Book of)
by Christine Morley
from Kingfisher
Back Handsprings: The Secret Techniques
by Rik Feeney
from Richardson Publishing
BACK HANDSPRINGS: THE SECRET TECHNIQUES uncovers the easy-to-learn drills to safely and successfully learning a back handspring. Heads will turn and crowds will cheer when you tumble across the floor with high-speed, explosive back handsprings! This book contains valuable resources, techniques, and illustrations gathered from master coaches over the past thirty years including suggestions for improvement, that lead to more advanced tumbling skills. Get this book now and get started before your competition does. Make your dream a reality. Order your copy ($19.95) at: www.GymnasticsTrainingTips.com or email coachrik@aol.com for more information. Richardson Publishing, PO Box 162115, Altamonte, FL 32716.
A Word About Gymnastics (A Word About)
by Lynne Gibbs
from Brighter Child
Children will get excited about gymnastics with this amazing book that teaches them the basics of gymnastics!
A Word About Gymnastics is a beginner’s guide that teaches the basics of gymnastics! Readers will learn what to wear, how to warm up, and the basic gymnastics equipment is illustrated and explained, from bars and beam to the pommel horse and rings. A full-color, pull-out poster illustrates basic gymnastic floor positions. A glossary emphasizes important vocabulary.
The A Word About series teaches children important information about the hobbies they love! Help gymnasts, ballet dancers, soccer players, and horse enthusiasts learn basic rules, movements, positions, and equipment of their favorite activities. Each title also features a large, colorful pull-out poster.
Gymnastics: The Trials, the Triumphs, the Truth (Puffin Nonfiction) (Puffin Nonfiction)
by Dan Gutman
from Puffin
How did Kerri Strug go from Olympic hopeful to Olympic champion? How does Dominique Moceanu spend a typical day? This thorough, fun-to-read book answers those questions and many more. You'll learn the ins and outs of the equipment and events, find out how scoring is done, read about the history of the sport, and lots more! Dan Gutman's insider look at gymnastics has been fully updated to include the 1996 Olympics and is sure to enthrall aspiring gymnasts and devoted fans alike. A glossary, a chronology, and an entertaining chapter of gymnastics trivia round out this easily read, timely overview of a popular sport.-- Booklist Dan Gutman is the author of many books for children, including Ice Skating, Taking Flight: My Story by Vicky Van Meter, and World Series Classics. He lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
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