You can get into the Olympic spirit this month with these winter sport or Olympics-themed books written and/or illustrated by CWILL BC members:
Picture Books:
The Farm Team, by Linda Bailey
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: Hardcover
978-1-55337-850-1
Paperback
978-1-55453-317-6
Sport: Hockey
Age range: 3-9
The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World, by Linda Bailey
Publisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 978-1-55074-881-9
Sport: Figure Skating
Age range: 3-9
Mountain Machines, by Sarah Leach
Publisher: Poppy Productions
ISBN: 978-0-9782818-1-6.
Theme: Machines that work on the ski hill.
Age range: 3-7
When Chickens Fly, by Kari-Lynn Winters
Publisher: Gumboot Books
ISBN: 978-1-926691-00-8
Sport: Free style aerial skiing
Age range: 3-9
Runaway Alphabet, by Kari-Lynn Winters
Publisher: Simply Read Books
ISBN: 978-1-897476-33-8
Sport: Hockey
Age range: 3-9
Novels:
Skateway to Freedom, by Ann Alma
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 978-1-55002-719-8
Sport: Figure skating
Age range: 8-12
Chasing a Star, by Norma Charles
Publisher: Ronsdale
ISBN: 978-1553 800774
Sport: Figure skating
Age range: 8-12
Whiteout, by Becky Citra
Publisher: Orca
ISBN: 978-1-55469-083-1
Sport: Cross country skiing
Age range: 8-11
No Contact, by Sandra Diersch
Publisher: James Lorimer and Co. Publishers,
ISBN: 1-55277-024-9.
Sport: Hockey
Age range: 8-13
Extreme Edge, by Heather Kellerhals
Publisher: Lorimer
ISBN: 978-1550289664
Sport: Skiing
Klutzhood, by Chris McMahen
Publisher: Orca
ISBN: 978-1551437101
Sport: Hockey
Age range: 8-11
Shabash, by Ann Walsh
Publisher: Sand Castle Books
ISBN: 978-0888783554
Sport: Hockey
Age range: 8-11
Peak Survival, by Pam Withers
Publisher: Walrus Books
ISBN: 1-55285-530-9
Sport: Snowboarding and Downhill skiing
Age Range: 8+
Non-Fiction Books:
Double Take: Karen Brain’s Olympic Journey, by Nikki Tate
Publisher: Sono Nis Press
ISBN: 978-1550391626
Sport: Skiing
Ages: 8+
Sports Science, by Shar Levine
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN: 978-1-4027-1520-4
Themes: The science of sports
Age range: 8-12
