Children’s Books about the Winter Olympics

What are the best children’s books to get them excited and informed about the Winter Olympics? Share these books about winter sports that will be featured in this winter Olympics to get ready for the events!

You’ll find picture books, nonfiction books, chapter books, and YA books including biographies of Olympians. There’s something for everyone on this list!

(Summer Olympics books here.)

Olympic Winter Sports

Alpine Skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross Country Skiing
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Luge
Nordic Combined
Short Track Speed Skating
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Snowboard
Speed Skating

Now for the books . . .

Winter Olympics Books for Kids

These children’s books will expose your kids to the different sports in the Winter Olympics.

Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen – SKIING

Bunny Slopes by Claudia Rueda – SKIING

Snowy Sports by Per-Henrik Gurth – SKIING & SNOWBOARDING

Dora and the Winter Games – SKIING & SNOWBOARDING

Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester – VARIOUS SPORTS

A is for Axel: An Ice Skating Alphabet by Kurt Browning – ICE SKATING

Dream Big, Little Pig by Kristi Yamaguchi – ICE SKATING

Goodnight Hockey by Michael Dahl – HOCKEY

My First Book of Hockey Sports Illustrated Kids A Rookie Book – HOCKEY

Gold Medal Winter by Donna Freitas – ICE SKATING

I Just Have to Ride the Half-Pipe by Jessica Gunderson – SNOWBOARDING

There are No Figure Eights in Hockey by Chris Kreie – HOCKEY

Breaking the Ice by Gail Nall – ICE SKATING
(ages 8 – 12)

Face-Off by Jake Maddox – HOCKEY
(ages 7 – 10)

The Winter Olympics by Nick Hunter – VARIETY OF SPORTS
(ages 8 – 10)

Ice Hockey & Curling by Robin Johnson
(ages 7 – 10)

Alpine & Freestyle Skiing by Kylie Burns
(ages 7 – 10)

Snowboard by Joseph Gustaitis

Biathlon, Cross-Country, Ski Jumping, and Nordic  Combined by Kylie Burns
(ages 7 – 10)

Paralympic Sports Events by Robin Johnson
(ages 7 – 10)

Bobsled and Luge by Laura Hamilton Waxman
(ages 7 – 10)

Skating Superstars by James Buckley
(ages 7 – 10)

Speed Skating by Laura Hamilton Waxman
(ages 7 – 10)

Face-Off  by Jake Maddox, illustrated by Sean Tiffany – HOCKEY
(ages 7 – 10)

Children’s Books about the Olympics (General)

Understand what the Olympics are all about with these books about the Olympics.

DK Eyewitness Books: Olympics by Chris Oxlade & David Ballheimer

Olympig! by Victoria Jamieson

Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #10: Ancient Greece & the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce

Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Greek Athlete!: Races You’d Rather Not Run by Michael Ford, David Salariya

Olympia the Games Fairy by Daisy Meadows

The Story of the Olympics by Minna Lacey and Paddy Mounter

The Story of the Olympics Games by The Olympic Museum

Children’s Books about Olympians

Your kids might be interested to learn the stories of athletes who’ve competed in the Olympics like these athletes.

How to Train with a T.Rex & Win 8 Gold Medals by Michael Phelps

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull & David Diaz

Shaun White by Matt Doeden

A Journey: The Autobiography of Apolo Anton Ohno by Apolo Anton Ohno & others

Spinning by Tillie Walden

Raising the Bar by Gabrielle Douglas

Hope Solo: My Story by Hope Solo

Michael Phelps by Jeffrey Zuehlke

 

Will you watch the Winter Olympics with your kids?