Gymnastics Book for Girls 8-12: Inspiring True Stories, Amazing Facts and Fun Trivia About Real Champions Who Got Scared, Fell and Got Back Up (A Gift

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For the Girl Who Lives in a Leotard: True Stories of Champions Who Got Scared, Fell or Lost. Then They Got Back Up. And the rest is history... WHAT'S INSIDE - 20 true stories, 130 trivia questions, "Whoa " Facts and 10 safe "Try It " missions. THE PAYOFF - Young Gymnast Who Will Feel Braver than ever. THE PERFECT GIFT - for girls ages 8-12 (grades 3-7) who love gymnastics: competitive, recreational or just glued to the Olympics. She froze on a skill she landed last week. A teammate moved up a level without her. One wobble ruined the whole meet. And somewhere along the way she decided that real gymnasts never feel like this. They do. The cameras show the salute, not the fear, the falls or the days champions wanted to quit. This book shows both. Most gymnastics story books invent a gym club full of made-up teammates. This one tells her what really happened to the champions she already cheers for, with the names, dates and scores to prove it. Here's what she will discover: Scared of a skill? Why Simone Biles said "not today" in Tokyo, and how she came back to win gold in Paris. Nervous before a meet? The three words Laurie Hernandez whispered on the Olympic beam, and a Harvard study that turns butterflies into fuel. Had a bad meet? How Jade Carey went from last place to Olympic gold in 24 hours. Hurt and out of the gym? Three knee surgeries in four years, then Olympic gold, and a bow from Simone Biles on the podium. Shaky start? Four teammates in seventh place after a fall, and the medal Britain's women had waited 93 years to win. Feeling different? The wooden beam Suni Lee's dad built in the backyard, and the first Hmong American Olympian who trained on it. Feeling behind? A gymnast who has competed at eight Olympic Games, and another still on the parallel bars at 86. Not having fun anymore? The perfect-10 floor routine millions watched, from a gymnast who had lost her joy and found it again. Whoa Facts - why elite floor music can't have words, why the perfect 10 disappeared and how a skill gets named after you. Every chapter has two true stories, a "What She Teaches Us" box, a Try It mission and 8 trivia questions. At the back: a 50-question Final Trivia Challenge for family game night, journal pages for her big goal, and a guide to saying every champion's name. Grown-ups, relax. The stories stay on courage, teamwork and comebacks and leave out grown-up controversies you'd have to explain. The Try It missions never include flips. Even if she's a beginner. Even if she has never been to a meet. Even if she says she doesn't like reading. The stories are short, true and about girls who felt exactly what she feels.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9789527634820

Publisher

Skillset Symphony Press

Published

October 19, 2026

First published

October 13, 2026

Pages

116

Weight

5.8 oz

Editions

2 (Paperback · Hardcover)

Subject

Juvenile Nonfiction