BMX Bikes (Wild Rides!) [Hardcover]

Kathleen W. Deady (Author), Terri Sievert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Wild Rides!

Faster your seat belt, you're in for a wild ride! Readers will discover the speed, power, and performance of these remarkable vehicles.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Reviewed with Danny Parr's Lowriders.

Gr. 4-7. These titles in the new Wild Rides! series feature topics rarely covered in books for young people. Lowriders defines the vehicle and describes typical features, following with discussion of the cars' history, competitions, and regional types. BMX gives a brief but solid introduction to the evolution of the sport, explains the bike's structure and parts, and takes a quick look at competitive riding, ending with a page-long biography of a leading rider. Filled with enticing color photos and written in short, straightforward sentences, these books will attract reluctant readers with a penchant for cool wheels of all types. The concluding resource section, listing a few other series titles and Web sites, is weak, but the books contain enough technical information to support report writing as well as personal interest. Check the Series Roundup, this issue, for more books in the series. Gillian Engberg
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About the Author

Kathleen W. Deady is a Capstone Press author.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Edge Books (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736809252
• ISBN-13: 978-0736809252
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,004,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #84 in Books > Children's Books > Transportation > Motorcycles
  • #99 in Books > Children's Books > Sports & Games > Sports > Cycling

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