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Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Strap into a harness and prepare for a wild ride! Roller coasters offer steep hills, wide turns, and incredible speeds. Curious readers will find information on the history of roller coasters, the materials used to build them, and the science behind the speed."
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the new 2020 high-definition program, learn the basic physics concepts that keep you in your roller-coaster cart and your cart on the track through the death-defying plunges and hairpin turns. What is the difference between speed and velocity? What is the formula for Gravitational Potential Energy? What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? What is friction? What is the acceleration? How do they engineer a roller coaster?
Publisher
A360 Media, LLC
Language
English
Description
For more than 200 years, roller coasters have provided a safe, relatively inexpensive way for thrill-seekers to experience the heart-pounding, stomach-flipping adrenaline rush of, well… defying death. Plenty has changed in the world of roller coasters, but the basic principle of maximum excitement with minimum risk still stands. Ride engineers have only improved on both fronts, making safer rides that spin, shoot, drop, and turn riders in shocking
...Author
Series
Pigeon (Picture books) volume 8
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Pigeon experiences an emotional loop-de-loop as he anticipates his turn to ride the roller coster.
Author
Series
Black lagoon adventures volume 27
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It is time for a class trip, and all Hubie's friends want to go to the amusement park. But Hubie doesn't. Waiting in long lines? Rides named after natural disasters? There's nothing amusing about that.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This tells how Alton Towers launched Oblivion, the world's first vertical drop roller-coaster. Alton Towers has been successful in pulling in families, but is losing its thrill-seeking customers. Marketing staff hope Oblivion will change all that. Much of their 5m marketing budget goes on a TV advert campaign for the new ride. The advert has to be exciting enough to appeal to teenagers, but not so scary that it will put off families. They use public...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Fox siblings Fritz and Franny, and their patient dog Fred, are at the amusement park squabbling about which ride is fastest and loudest--but when they are confronted by the biggest, tallest, and loudest roller coaster they decide that maybe Fred would prefer something not quite so scary.
Author
Series
Shark and Bot volume 4
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shark and Bot are going to the GLO-NUTS WORLD theme park and they are pretty sure it's going to be the BEST DAY EVER. They plan to: Meet all six of the Glo-Nuts. Get their ultra-limited-edition glow-in-the-dark Glo-Nuts Epic Fun Super Patch. Ride the fastest, scariest doughnut shaped rollercoaster ever built-DOUGHNUT MOUNTAIN! The only catch? Bot's little sister has to come along! Can Shark and Bot still have the most epic day ever?
14) Cyclone
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Riding the Cyclone, the world famous Coney Island rollercoaster was supposed to be the highlight of twelve-year-old Nora's summer, but right after they disembark, Nora's thirteen-year-old cousin Riley falls to the ground and into a coma that Nora thinks is her fault.
15) Roller coaster
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Twelve people set aside their fears and ride a roller coaster, including one who has never done so before.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Far from the city, but not quite the countryside, lies a fairground ight comes and the fair is empty, something unexpected happens. Wild animals emerge from the forest, a brave raccoon pulls a lever, and the roller coasters and rides explode back into bright, neon life. It's time for the woodland creatures to head to the fair!
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This book teaches young readers about how engineers use science to increase safety and fun for roller coasters, zip lines, helmets, and more. A photo glossary, an index, an engineering design activity, and an after reading activity are also included.
20) Angelina loves
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Angelina the mouse loves dancing with her friends at Miss Lilly's Ballet School; zooming up and down on roller coasters; being in the comforting arms of her mother; and hearing her father play the fiddle.
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