ferris wheels

Pedro's family and his friends are spending the day at the amusement park, enjoying the rides and the snacks, so when they get separated from Pedro's brother, Paco, and their mother, a ride on the Ferris wheel seems like it offers an excellent way to spot Paco in the crowded park.

Pedro's family and his friends are spending the day at the amusement park, enjoying the rides and the snacks, so when they get separated from Pedro's brother, Paco, and their mother, a ride on the Ferris wheel seems like it offers an excellent way to spot Paco in the crowded park.

Describes the invention of the Ferris wheel for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Discusses George Ferris's boyhood love of the waterwheel, his education, his crazy idea, and the obstacles he had to overcome to build the world's first Ferris wheel.

Simone Yang is excited to be visiting her grandmother and her best friend Olive in Maine, but Olive and her friends want to visit the carnival that just arrived and ride the ferris wheel, and Simone is really, really afraid of heights; she does not want to let her friend down, but the rides at the Forever Fun Carnival are falling apart, the workers are creepy--and the fortune-telling machine is telling her "you are right to be scared.".

Pedro's family and his friends are spending the day at the amusement park, enjoying the rides and the snacks, so when they get separated from Pedro's brother, Paco, and their mother, a ride on the Ferris wheel seems like it offers an excellent way to spot Paco in the crowded park.

Discusses the history of the amusement park ride known as the Ferris wheel.

The last thing Chaz wants is to spend his summer working on his father's Eye, a Ferris wheel with glass-bottomed gondolas set up to view scenic North Vancouver. For one thing, Chaz would prefer to pursue his own passion: dance in the style of the late, great Gene Kelly. More important, Chaz suffers from vertigo, and even the thought of the Eye makes him want to lose his lunch. But when a crowd of angry protesters and a mysterious vandal threaten his father's dream, and the family's livelihood, Chaz is forced to overcome his own fears to help out.

Tells the story of American engineer and inventor George Ferris, who created the iconic Ferris Wheel as an attraction for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Discusses the life of George Ferris and his invention of the Ferris Wheel.

"Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel"--From the publisher.