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How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals
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How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals Hardcover - 2009

by Michael Phelps; Ward Jenkins (Illustrator); Alan Abrahamson

With his record-breaking eight gold medals won for swimming in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Phelps became an international sensation. In this picture book, Phelps explains the mind-boggling statistics of his years of training in terms young kids can understand. Full color.


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  • Title How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals
  • Author Michael Phelps; Ward Jenkins (Illustrator); Alan Abrahamson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 16093rd
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2009-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781416986690 / 1416986693
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 11.2 x 0.5 in (23.11 x 28.45 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Library of Congress subjects Phelps, Michael, Swimmers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009000379
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

Citations

  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2009, Page 0
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2009, Page 460
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 05/15/2009, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/15/2009, Page 48
  • School Library Journal, 08/01/2009, Page 92

About the author

Michael Phelps is an American swimmer. He holds the record for winning the most gold medals (8) in a single Olympics (2008). He has won 16 Olympic medals, 14 gold and two bronze. He holds seven world records and has over 20 World Championship medals. After returning home from Beijing in 2008, Michael used the well-publicized $1 million dollar Speedo bonus to start the Michael Phelps Foundation through which he hopes to encourage children to lead healthy, active lives, and to continue to grow the sport of swimming. He now resides in Baltimore, MD with his dog Herman.

Ward Jenkins is and illustrator and animator from Atlanta, Georgia. He's illustrated several picture books, including Chicks Run Wild, as well as the Good Crooks chapter book series. Ward lives with his wife and two kids and hasn't shaved his beard since 2010. Find him online at @WardOMatic.

Alan Abrahamson is an award-winning sportswriter and a recognized authority on the Olympics. In 2006, he left the Los Angeles Times, where he had been a staff writer for 17 years, to write for the NBC suite of online properties, which now includes NBCOlympics.com, NBCSports.com and UniversalSports.com. Since 2003, Alan has also served as a sports and Olympic analyst on NBC's television networks. Among other honors, Alan won the 2002 National Headliner Award for sports writing and was named the Los Angeles Press Club's 2004 sports journalist of the year. Alan and his wife, Laura, and their three children live in Southern California.

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