Kids’ Only Guide to the London 2012 Olympic Summer Games

OWL writer Ashley Van Eysinga tested out a new ebook called the Kids’ Only Guide to the London 2012 Olympic Summer Games.

Let’s see what she had to say about it. Go, Ashley!

Have you been watching the Olympics? They started this past Friday with the Opening Ceremony, which was out of this world! I’ve been watching every event I can and reading about all the events I’ve missed. I think it’s fair to say that I have Olympic fever. So learning more about the Olympics is a great idea.

I just read the Kids’ Only Guide to the London 2012 Olympic Summer Games on my iPad. It cost $5.99 and this book is overflowing with interesting information on all the different Olympic and Paralympic sports, like the Modern Pentathlon, a particularly crazy sport where competitors participate in five different disciplines in one day! They start with fencing, then they swim, then show jumping with horses, and finally they run a race while having to stop and shoot at targets with a pistol. Phew! I’m exhausted just reading about it.

Also in this book are great facts about how London won the opportunity to host the games and how they prepared the city, including photos of some of the stadiums being built. Fun fact: in the basketball arena, they made the doorways taller to prevent the tall basketball players from hitting their heads.

The book is full of great photos. And because it’s for the iPad, it’s interactive, with photo galleries and quizzes throughout. Check it out and let us know what your favourite Olympic sport is!

Thanks for your review, Ashley. I also checked this book out and thought the speech bubbles were hilarious! A sample of the quizzes are shown here. I scored a smashing gold! Lots of fun.

-Kim, owlblog@owlkids.com