Paralympic Sports Events
- ISBN-10
- 0778740250
- ISBN-13
- 9780778740254
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-08
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Author
- Robin Johnson
Description
Introduces the competition events at the Paralympics, including alpine skiing, sledge hockey, and wheelchair curling, and discusses how each event differs from its Olympic counterpart.
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