Gymnastics

by Dan Gutman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141301309
• ISBN13: 9780141301303
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

great!

This was the first gymnastics book I owned and I loved it. Great for any new fan to the sport of gymnastics. Informational and educational with interesting stories. especially if you are a fan of '90's gymnastics.

Pretty Good Book

This was an okay book, though it probably could have been better. The book includes a history of the sport, its first superstars, the gymnastics events, judging and scoring, a day in the life of a gymnast, superstars of the 1990s, a chapter about the dangers of the sport, (more on that later) a timeline of important gymnastics dates, and trivia and facts. The book is a little dated and could use some updating, and the chapter that dissapointed me a lot was the chapter about "the price of success". Dan Gutman fails to mention that these things don't happen in every sport. He also fails to point out that he is talking about the ELITE level of gymnastics. Anyone who has read "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" will see that Gutman's source for the ENTIRE chapter was based upon that book! Dan Gutmnan used the same exact information just with different wording! That chapter clearly does not fit in with the rest of the book, which says nothing of the dark side of these sports. If you want to buy this book, I would say save your money and buy a different book- this one isn't the best.

wow amazing!

wow I thought the book thoughlly explainedthis graceful and dynamic sport> I recommend this<br>book to any fan or gymnast.Some people may not agree<br>with my comments or rating but hey, thats<br>there opoinion!I am a competitive gymnast and that is<br>probably why I enjoyed the book so much!

Gymnastics: The Trials, The Triumphs, The Truth

I thought that the book was excellent! It was very well written and it covered a lot of important and interesting things. I would've rated this book at 5 star, but I heard that in a short story about a girl that died because her head slammed into the vault and her neck snapped, then she went into a coma and died, the author didn't mention that when she was in the hospitol her air tube came out and they couldn't put it back in, and that's what made her go into a coma ( and as a result die) that made me angry because I expect the REAL facts when I read a book.

Great!!

A great book about gymnastics. Everything you want to know about gymnastics is there. Biographies, gymnastics terms, how gymnastics was started, a time line, everything! If I could I would give it 10 stars! I have already read it 3 times! And I'm not even a gymnast!