BOOKS

Alpine Skiing

by Ellen LABRECQUE
9781534107502. ea vol: 32p. (21st Century Skills Library: Global Citizens; Olympic Sports). further reading. glossary. index. photos. websites. Cherry Lake. Jan. 2018. lib. ed. $29.93.
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Gr 4–6—These books offer fairly dense, text-heavy accounts of the evolution of different Olympic winter sports. Descriptions of gear, all-time best athletes, and dynasties of each sport provide young researchers with a lot of fodder for reports. Most notable is inclusion of climate change and its effect on outdoor winter sports in Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing, and Snowboarding. The somewhat dry writing will not have huge appeal to casual browsers. The sparse visuals don't do much to break up the long chunks of text.
VERDICT Unlikely to garner a readership outside of those with schoolwork needs.
Reviewed by Staff , Apr 01, 2018

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