Peace and Sport is pleased to inform you about "Toon In!" a book by Michael Payne offering a unique insight into the Olympic movement, combining the world's best Olympic cartoons and many untold stories behind the Games!
At 50 days to go to the Tokyo Olympic Games, Michael Payne, IOC's first-ever marketing and broadcast director, will release one of the most unusual, provocative, and informative books on the Olympic Movement. Sales' profit of "Toon In!" will be donated for charity!
Peace and Sport is proud to be associated as a charity partner to this initiative, which combines the world's greatest cartoonists covering the Olympics to the personal commentary and behind-the-scenes stories from Michael Payne.
We encourage you to look at the website www.olympiccartoon.com to learn more about this book which provides an unofficial and entirely unsanctioned Olympic history!
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