Best Winter Olympics Books for Kids

With the Winter Olympics coming up soon, I’ve been searching for the best Winter Olympics books for kids of all ages. Books about the Winter Games are harder to find than books about the Summer Games, so I spent a lot of time searching. This list includes the best books that I found, so you don’t have to do the searching that I did!

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Best Winter Olympics Books for Kids

I recommend that when you look for books, you purchase used on Amazon or Thrift Books, utilize the library, or find the book on Audible. Many Olympic books are on sale on Audible around the time of the Olympics!

Books marked with * are fiction.

Picture Books

• DK Eyewitness Olympics by Chris Oxlade
• Max and Marla by Alexandra Boiger*
• Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester*
• So You Want to Become an Olympian? by Madeleine Kelly
• Snowman Paul at the Winter Olympics by Yossi Lapid*
• Olympics! by B.G. Hennessy
• The Story of the Olympics by Richard Brassey
• Stronger Than She Thinks by Nancy Kerrigan
• Chasing Gold: a kid’s guide to the 2026 Winter Olympics from USA Today
• Ice Breaker: How Mabel Fairbanks Changed Figure Skating by Rose Vina (Mabel was not an Olympian herself, but was instrumental in changing racial equality in figure skating and went on to coach Olympic skaters)

Chapter Books

• Freeze Frame: a photographic history of the Winter Olympics by Sue Macy
• What Are the Winter Olympics? by Gail Herman
• Miracle On Ice by Michael Burgan (this is an illustrated chapter book with real photos inside)
• The Long Lost Secret Diary of the World’s Worst Olympic Athlete by Tim Collins*
• On the Ice with Tara Lapinski by Matt Christopher

Books for Teens/Adults

• Total Olympics: every obscure, hilarious, dramatic, and inspiring tale worth knowing by Jeremy Fuchs (Note: This book isn’t written for kids and does have an occasional story or commentary that may not be appropriate for all teens. I recommend reading this book aloud if you’re concerned about the content or inviting conversation with your teens about the content. Despite this, it’s a great resource, and has more information on the Winter Games than any other book I’ve found for this age group.)
• The Boys of Winter: the untold story of a coach, a dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team by Wayne Coffey
• Dreams of Gold: the Nancy Kerrigan story by Wayne Coffey and Filip Bondy
• The Games: a Global History of the Olympics by David Goldblatt
• The Naked Olympics by Tony Perrottet
• The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph by Oksana Masters

If you’re looking for more books and a guide through the Winter Olympic Games, grab the Winter Olympics Unit Study. This literature-based unit study has book and activity recommendations for all ages, K-12.