How do blind athletes tell between silver and gold medals? How did a Finnish architect accidentally invent skateboarding? Why do footballers wear logos on their kit? Find 100 quirky and surprising facts about sports, from the science of sports to amazing sporting achievements. Perfect for sharing with family and friends.
Ideal for fact loving readers aged 8+.
Each book in this best-selling, award-winning series presents 100 bite-sized topics, with bold, graphic illustrations and clear text. Perfect for dipping in and out of, and for sharing with family and friends.
Discover all the titles in the 100 Things to Know series:
1. 100 Things to Know About Science
2. 100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet
3. 100 Things to Know About Music
4. 100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computers & Coding
5. 100 Things to Know About Food
6. 100 Things to Know About the Human Body
7. 100 Things to Know About Space
8. 100 Things to Know About the Oceans
9. 100 Things to Know About Planet Earth
10. 100 things to Know About History
11. 100 things to Know about the Unknown
12. 100 things to Know about Sport
| ISBN: | 9781803701332 |
| Publication date: | 4th July 2024 |
| Author: | Alice James, Jerome Martin, Tom Mumbray, Micaela Tapsell |
| Illustrator: | Federico Mariani, Dominique Byron, Parko Polo, Hal |
| Publisher: | Usborne Publishing Ltd. an imprint of Usborne Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Series: | 100 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT |
| Genres: |
Sports Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports Educational: Sciences, general science Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science: The human body Science Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health |