How Fast is It?: A Zippy Book All about Speed

How Fast is It?: A Zippy Book All about Speed
ISBN-10
0439918677
ISBN-13
9780439918671
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
50
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Author
Ben Hillman

Description

In this third book by Ben Hillman, young readers will learn and see just how fast something is. By comparing objects such as the Thrust SSC (that's a Thrust-powered Super Sonic Car), an ostrich (don't underestimate the ostrich, my friend!), the human brain, and bamboo,wildly different objects are taken out of normal context and placed next to one another to allow for new and exciting perspectives. So just how fast is an ostrich? An ostrich would beat a top-notch professional cyclist in a ten-mile (sixteen km) race, hands down! While the best cyclists can race at blistering speeds of twenty-five miles per hour, the ostrich can run at forty-five miles per hour! Other books in the series that kids will enjoy: How Big Is It? and How Strong Is It?

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