School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 2-Olympic athletes profiled for young learners. All four of the individuals featured won gold medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Readers learn when and where each athlete was born and how they started practicing their sport. In each title, a location map with a photo of the city and an image of the athlete in their youth complement this information. Kids are provided with lots of statistics, mainly how many medals the athlete has won, where, and for what event, all accompanied by full-page photographs. There is also a description of the physical attributes that have contributed to their success. VERDICT Not very inspiring, but will do the job for biography -assignments. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.