What Are the Summer Olympics?
What Are the Summer Olympics?
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What Are the Summer Olympics?

Written by Gail Herman and Who HQ & illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
Part of the What Was . . . ? Book Series
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8 - 11
Reading age
112
Page count
8,253
Word count
750L
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Mar 22, 2016
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Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands. The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from fourteen countries. Today, nearly three thousand years after the first Games, the Summer Olympics attract one hundred thousand top athletes from over two hundred countries. Billions of fans around the world cheer on their national teams to bring back the gold.

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the Olympicssports and recreationsummertrack and fieldcompetitionssportsathletes

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    ISBN
    9780448488349
    Publication Date
    March 22, 2016
    Publisher
    Penguin Workshop
    Original Publication Date
    March 22, 2016
    Page Count
    112
    Word Count
    8253
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    8 - 11 years
    Lexile® Level
    750L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~R
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    1
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    181174
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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