Library Lab: Roller Coaster Challenge

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Do you love roller coasters?  Or have you ever wondered how roller coasters really work? Check out some books and challenge yourself to go to a Library Lab: Roller Coaster program at your local library!

Library Lab: Roller Coaster Challenge
Kids building a roller coaster structure at Paerdegat Library, Image by: Iman Powe Maynard


 

Book Cover: The Roller Coaster Kid
The Roller Coaster Kid written by Mary Ann Rodman

Even though Zach finds roller coasters scary, he rides one with Grandpa in an attempt to make him happy again after Grandma's death.

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Book Cover: Engineering
Engineering written by Emily M. Hunt

Have you every wanted to know how a roller coaster works? Or how engineers work in space? This book is packed with surprising facts and amazing pictures. It's a small book filled with big ideas.

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Book Cover: Daredevil Morgan
Daredevil Morgan written by Ted Staunton

Morgan wants to focus on the perfect pumpkin contest at the fall fair, but his best friend Charlie wants him to ride the roller coaster, and the class bully dares him to go on the Asteroid Belt ride, leaving Morgan conflicted.

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Book Cover: Exciting Entertainment Inventions
Exciting Entertainment Inventions written by Ryan Jacobson

Learn the amazing stories behind inventions you use every day--from the Minnesota teen who invented water skis to the Missouri mechanic who came up with the idea of driving over cars with his monster pickup truck.

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Book Cover: Bones and the roller coaster mystery
Bones and the roller coaster mystery written by David A. Adler

Junior sleuth Jeffrey Bones and his grandfather enjoy a day at the amusement park until their tickets to ride the giant roller coaster mysteriously disappear.

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Book Cover: Wonder Park-Storybook: Backyard Roller Coaster
Wonder Park-Story Book: Backyard Roller Coaster written by Trey King

June Bailey loves making things! While she works on Wonderland, the amusement park of her dreams, she decides to bring some of it to the real world by designing and building a roller coaster in her backyard, complete with a loop-the-loop! Will June and her friend Banky make it through the test run in one piece?

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Try out this Library Lab challenge at a branch near you! here.

 

This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.

 

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