What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah? (Wells of Knowledge Science Series) - Softcover

Wells, Robert E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807522813 ISBN 13: 9780807522813

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 1997

Synopsis

What's faster than a cheetah?―no animal on earth can run faster. But a peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run. And the falcon can't compare to an airplane, a rocket, or the speed of light. Lively text and watercolors will make children laugh while they learn all about speed.

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About the Author

Robert E. Wells is the author and illustrator of many award-winning science books for children, including Can You Count to a Googol? and Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?. He lives with his wife in Washington.

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What's faster than a cheetah?--no animal on earth can run faster. But a peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run. And the falcon can't compare to an airplane, a rocket, or the speed of light.

Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 3?A concept book about speed that will have difficulty finding an audience. The material is more suited to older readers, but the childlike quality of the illustrations will keep them at bay. Younger children will be attracted to the lively cartoon art and format, but will have a difficult time comprehending such comparisons as a jet engine flying faster than the speed of sound or sound waves traveling 660 miles per hour. Wells does provide plenty of information on "fast things," starting off by comparing the speed of an ostrich to that of a child. The concept is an interesting one, but the presentation may be problematic.?Denise Furgione, Franklin Township Public Library, NJ
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What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?

By Robert E. Wells

ALBERT WHITMAN & Company

Copyright © 1997 Robert E. Wells
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-8075-2281-3

CHAPTER 1

You may very well be fast on your feet. But if you want to WIN races, never race a CHEETAH-or even an OSTRICH, for that matter.

If you ran very hard, you might reach a speed of 15 miles per hour. That's not nearly fast enough to keep up with an ostrich. With a top skeed of about 45 miles per hour, an ostrich is the world's fastest 2-legged runner.

But the cheetah will certainly be way out in front. A cheetah can reach a speed of about 70 miles per hour-MORE THAN A MILE A MINUTE! No animal on EARTH can run faster than that!

But a cheetah can't run nearly as fast as a PEREGRINE FALCON can SWOOP!

A peregrine falcon can dive through the sky at about 200 miles per hour! That's 3 times as fast as a car zooming along a high way!

A peregrine falcon is truly a SUPER SWOOPER. It can dive faster than any creature can run.

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807522813
• ISBN 13: 9780807522813
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Wells Robert E.
• Number of pages: 32