| Author: | Alan Trussell-Cullen | ISBN: | 1230001290783 |
| Publisher: | Learning Connections Co Ltd | Publication: | July 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alan Trussell-Cullen |
| ISBN: | 1230001290783 |
| Publisher: | Learning Connections Co Ltd |
| Publication: | July 28, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Kids, (and teachers and parents), welcome to Really Fast Stuff! Here you’ll find all those
vital pieces of information that you never knew you always wanted to know! Like, could you
run faster than a Mongolian wild ass? (Doesn’t everyone want to know that?) And, if you had
to, could you outrun a grizzly bear? Or a charging elephant? Or a very angry chicken?
Who Glamorous Glennis? And do you know what record she broke?
And if you were a very fast runner as well as a very smart time-traveler and you happened
to zoom back a few centuries and found yourself in ancient Greece and about to compete in
their ancient Olympic running races, why would you be feeling a little embarrassed? (Well,
make that very embarrassed!)
When you’ve read this book you’ll learn all about this and so much more! There are
chapters on fast birds in the air and fast animals on land and in water. You’ll even become an
expert on superfast bugs, like Tropical cockroaches. Fast cockroaches? Yes, these ones can
run at 43 times their body length every second! Is that fast? Well, to match that, we humans
would have to be able to run at 155 mph or 250 km/h! These bugs would even embarrass
Husain Bolt!
Then there’s information to make you an expert quiz kid on fast cars, trains, boats, and
space travel machines. Also, fast talkers, fast turkey pluckers, and superfast eaters – no, not
your Uncle Fred, we’re talking hungry Piranhas!
Really Fast Stuff is just the thing for kids between the ages of 7 and 17 years. (And grown-
ups up to at least 77 years!) It is loaded with weird and wonderful information on all things
that go really superfast, plus super cool images, a lively down-to- earth text spiced up with
prolific author Alan Trussell-Cullen’s wacky sense of humor. Other features include text
boxes, visual gags, an index and glossary, plus fun quizzes to test the reader’s knowledge and
understanding. Read this book and you’ll even be able to do the Final Really Fast Stuff Quiz!
Better still, you’ll be able to try it out on your friends!
Here are some sample quiz question to test your general knowledge:
Which would be the slowest animal to cross the road?
(a) an ostrich
(b) a zebra
(c) a chicken
How come Roland Wegner won a 100 metres race in world record time without actually
seeing the finish line?
(a) He was blind
(b) There wasn’t one
(c) He was running backwards
What would red-bellied piranhas say if you jumped into a river full of them?
(a) ‘Delicious!’
(b) ‘Next course please!’
(c) Nothing. Piranhas can’t talk, and anyway, they’d be too busy eating.
Not sure about any of this? Better read this book. Then you’ll be able to impress everyone,
including your teacher (and your Grandma)!
Really Fast Stuff is the third in the Good Stuff Books series by New Zealand children’s
author Alan Trussell-Cullen who has written over 400 books for kids, as well as stage plays,
TV comedy scripts, and lots of zany kid’s poems. Other titles in the series include Really Big
Stuff, Poisonous Stuff, and Smelly Stuff.
Kids, (and teachers and parents), welcome to Really Fast Stuff! Here you’ll find all those
vital pieces of information that you never knew you always wanted to know! Like, could you
run faster than a Mongolian wild ass? (Doesn’t everyone want to know that?) And, if you had
to, could you outrun a grizzly bear? Or a charging elephant? Or a very angry chicken?
Who Glamorous Glennis? And do you know what record she broke?
And if you were a very fast runner as well as a very smart time-traveler and you happened
to zoom back a few centuries and found yourself in ancient Greece and about to compete in
their ancient Olympic running races, why would you be feeling a little embarrassed? (Well,
make that very embarrassed!)
When you’ve read this book you’ll learn all about this and so much more! There are
chapters on fast birds in the air and fast animals on land and in water. You’ll even become an
expert on superfast bugs, like Tropical cockroaches. Fast cockroaches? Yes, these ones can
run at 43 times their body length every second! Is that fast? Well, to match that, we humans
would have to be able to run at 155 mph or 250 km/h! These bugs would even embarrass
Husain Bolt!
Then there’s information to make you an expert quiz kid on fast cars, trains, boats, and
space travel machines. Also, fast talkers, fast turkey pluckers, and superfast eaters – no, not
your Uncle Fred, we’re talking hungry Piranhas!
Really Fast Stuff is just the thing for kids between the ages of 7 and 17 years. (And grown-
ups up to at least 77 years!) It is loaded with weird and wonderful information on all things
that go really superfast, plus super cool images, a lively down-to- earth text spiced up with
prolific author Alan Trussell-Cullen’s wacky sense of humor. Other features include text
boxes, visual gags, an index and glossary, plus fun quizzes to test the reader’s knowledge and
understanding. Read this book and you’ll even be able to do the Final Really Fast Stuff Quiz!
Better still, you’ll be able to try it out on your friends!
Here are some sample quiz question to test your general knowledge:
Which would be the slowest animal to cross the road?
(a) an ostrich
(b) a zebra
(c) a chicken
How come Roland Wegner won a 100 metres race in world record time without actually
seeing the finish line?
(a) He was blind
(b) There wasn’t one
(c) He was running backwards
What would red-bellied piranhas say if you jumped into a river full of them?
(a) ‘Delicious!’
(b) ‘Next course please!’
(c) Nothing. Piranhas can’t talk, and anyway, they’d be too busy eating.
Not sure about any of this? Better read this book. Then you’ll be able to impress everyone,
including your teacher (and your Grandma)!
Really Fast Stuff is the third in the Good Stuff Books series by New Zealand children’s
author Alan Trussell-Cullen who has written over 400 books for kids, as well as stage plays,
TV comedy scripts, and lots of zany kid’s poems. Other titles in the series include Really Big
Stuff, Poisonous Stuff, and Smelly Stuff.
