How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals

By Michael Phelps, Alan Abrahamson, Ward Jenkins

Categories: Children's Books, Sports & Outdoors

How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals (2009) by Michael Phelps with Alan Abrahamson is a picture book about his Olympic training. Illustrated by Ward Jenkins, it turns the numbers behind six years of preparation into playful comparisons for young readers. Phelps likens the 12,480 miles he swam to swimming the length of the Great Wall of China three times, tallies his naps and counts how many dinosaurs he could leg-press in a single workout, which gives the book its title.