XThe Great Bike Race

by Kathy XStinson

Overview

Can Matt win first prize in the town's bike race? He thinks so. Not only is he fast, but he deserves the 18-speed mountain bike being given away. His own bike is falling apart! But Matt has a problem. His friends Mike, David, and Amanda all think they can win, too and practising for the race seems to bring out the worst in everyone. Soon Matt and Mike are barely speaking. Can Matt stay friends with the others after the race is over? If he loses, will he want to?

"An air of determined competition surrounded the racers. Matt leaned over his handlebars, ready for the 'Go'. Sweat trickled down the side of his face. He reached up to wipe it away. Bang!" [Fry Reading Level - 3.3

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459403970
Publisher:	James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date:	08/01/2014
Series:	Lorimer Streetlights
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	311 KB
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

KATHY STINSON is one of Canada's foremost authors for young people. Over the past 25 years, she has published acclaimed books in virtually every genre, including Canadian classics such as Red is Best, Big or Little, The Bare Naked Book, and the Pebble Creek series, as well as more recent hits, including the Marie-Claire volumes in the best-selling Our Canadian Girl historical fiction series and the provocative young adult novel Becoming Ruby, which was nominated for a White Pine Award. Kathy lives in Rockwood, ON, with her partner, children's book editor and writing teacher, Peter Carver.

KATHY STINSON is one of Canada's foremost authors for young people. Over the past 25 years, she has published acclaimed books in virtually every genre, including Canadian classics such as Red is Best, Big or Little, The Bare Naked Book, and the Pebble Creek series, as well as more recent hits, including the Marie-Claire volumes in the best-selling Our Canadian Girl historical fiction series and the provocative young adult novel Becoming Ruby, which was nominated for a White Pine Award. Kathy lives in Rockwood, ON, with her partner, children's book editor and writing teacher, Peter Carver.

Table of Contents

What Is a Tropical Rain Forest? 4

Where Are Rain Forests? 6

What Is a Food Chain? 8

An Amazon Food Chain 10

Plants and the Sun 12

Animal Diets 14

A Southeast Asian Food Chain 16

Top Predators 18

Scavengers and Decomposers 20

A Congo Food Chain 22

Food Webs 24

Important Links 26

Protecting Food Chains 28

Glossary 30

Find Out More 31

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2014
Gr 1–3—Similar in scope and overall approach to the publisher's "Protecting Food Chains" series (2011) but aimed at a younger audience, these studies progress from examining each element in a simple food chain to a more complex one. They then move on to a food web, before ending with very brief observations about environmental damage and conservation efforts. Each volume focuses on three selected examples of a particular habitat and in accessible language—general enough to be similar, though not identical, from volume to volume—explains the relationships among the elements in the chain or web from plant or other energy producer to top predator. Along with simplified world maps (oversimplified in Desert Food Chains, as Antarctica is not included in the tally), the illustrations include photos of flora and fauna caught in natural settings but not in the midst of actually chowing down. Consider this series as a geographically broader alternative to Paul Fleisher's "Early Bird Food Webs" (Lerner, 2008).

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