On Your Marks, Get Set…Gold! – Paris Olympics edition has hit the bookshelves and is available to order online.
It’s an exciting, laugh-a-minute guide to every Olympic and Paralympic sport – the perfect guide for those attending or watching 2024 Paris Olympics on the telly.
From boxing to boccia, find out just what it takes to become an Olympic and Paralympic star in this hilariously informative guide to the games.
For each sport you’ll discover why it’s great, why it’s not so great, what skills and equipment you’ll need to start practising and even how to sound like a pro!
You’ll learn about some of the greatest Olympians in history, events that might appear in the future and there’s a helpful guide to your chances of becoming a champion.
With bold, energetic illustrations and an up-to-date text packed with weird, wonderful and wildly hilarious facts written by sports journalist Scott Allen and illustrated by Antoine Corbineau, this hardback gift book is the funniest guide you’ll find to the next Olympics!
Get your copy of On Your Marks, Get Set… Gold now.
On Your Marks, Get Set… Gold! reviews
Scott Allen, author of the Llama United books, presents a number of facts about each sport on each double-page spread, with an amusing tone, meaning that the subject is interesting and never dry. It’s also a lovely, large format hardback, so perfect as a gift or in a school library too.” – BookTrust
“Written by a British sports journalist, it’s filled with tongue-in-cheek humor and is therefore irreverent, just as the title promises. Example: Swimming was invented when people got tired of drowning.” – Susan Faust – Common Sense Media
“As a teacher, I would use this book not only to promote different sports but you can easily teach skimming and scanning due to its structure. There is a range of vocabulary that is both easy to understand but also some language that will stretch your class. A great introduction to some new sports too!” – Rebecca Green, teacher
“Great book for learning the basics about some of the Olympics sports. Included some of the more recent additions like skateboarding” – Tom Calver (Amazon)
“Got this for my Olympic loving 8yo and he loves it. Very informative and very funny even worth a read for an adult. Well worth buying as a guide for the next 2 weeks!” – Daz (Amazon)
“Informative and funny, this is suitable for all ages. Brilliant author captures a great balance between keeping the kids engaged whilst learning! Highly recommend|. – Susan (Amazon)