With the next Paralympic Games set to begin in Beijing, China, in a few months, every school or library needs at least one copy of Amazing Athletes: An All-Star look at Canada’s Paralympians. Olympic athletes, by definition, are exceptional. Paralympic athletes are exceptional plus, having risen to the top of their sports, despite physical, visual, or intellectual disabilities.
Amazing Athletes begins with a brief history of the Paralympics and a list of the summer and winter para sports. True to its name, the book is then organized around 13 Canadian summer and winter Paralympians, not around a sport.
But, in addition to biographical information about each athlete, the author also includes information about the Paralympic sport in which that Paralympian excels and provides some insight into how the athlete became a competitor in that sport. For example, Ahmad Zeividavi, a refuge from Iran, competes in goalball. Ahmad has been blind since birth. The author uses quotations from Ahmad to explain how he became a Paralympian.
its cool how canada have super cool athletes
I really liked this book because it had really good Paralympic athaletes
its interesting to find out all about the people that even the people in the book can still play sports
i like how all the paralympics can even play sports
This book is awesome because it feature’s allot of amazing athletes 10/10
I thought this book was very neet