The Olympic Games
The 2006 Winter Olympic Games opened in Torino, Italy on Friday, February 10, 2006. For sixteen days, some of the very best athletes from all over the world will try their hardest to win medals in figure skating, skiing, bobsledding, snowboarding, luge, ice hockey, and many other exciting winter sporting events.
Follow the links below to find books, articles, and World Wide Web sites about the Olympic games throughout history and today. Let the games begin!
At the Library
Youth nonfiction and fiction books about the Olympic Games
Youth biographies about Olympic athletes
- Encyclopedias and magazines filled with information about the Olympic
games
Available from home for Skokie Public Library cardholders
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eLibrary
Select TOPICS. Next, under Physical Education and Sports, select Olympics and then follow the link to 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy for magazine and newspaper articles about the games. - Kids Search from EBSCO
Search by keyword for "olympic 2006" to find magazine and newspaper articles about the 2006 games, athletes, and events. - netTrekker Available in-Library only
Select HEALTH & PHYSICAL ED and then Physical Education/Sports. Next, follow the link to Olympics to find information about the ancient and modern Olympic games. - The New Book of Knowledge
Follow the newScoops link to The 2006 Winter Olympics for weekly news about the 2006 games. Or, select Alphabetical Browse and the letter O. Then, scroll down and select Olympic Games for an encyclopedia article about the history, traditions, and principals of the Olympic games. - SIRS Discoverer
Select SPORTS. Next, follow the links on the right side of the page to Olympics and then Winter Olympics to find links to magazine and newspaper articles about the games, athletes, and events. - World Book Online
Type "olympics" into the search box to find encyclopedia articles about Olympic history, traditions, and sports. NOTE: Click Change Display in the top right corner of the World Book Online window to change the screen to the Online Reference Center for young users.
Torino
2006 on the Web...
- 2006 Winter Olympics from Fact Monster
- Follow the news and learn about the sports of the 2006 winter games. The site also includes biographies of Olympic athletes, information about the participating countries, and an introduction to the citty of Torino, Italy.
- Sports Illustrated: The 20th Olympic Winter Games
- Keep up with the daily Olympic news and medal count, meet the athletes, and see daily photos of the games in action.
- Time for Kids: Winter Olympics Turin 2006
- Get the facts on the events, the scoop on the athletes, and see photos of the games in action. The site also includes daily Olympic news and a trivia challenge.