Books with author Joseph Robert Wells

You may very well be fast on your feet. But if you want to win races, never race a cheetah -- no animal on earth can run faster! What's faster than a speeding cheetah? Robert E. Wells tells you. A peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run, but that can't even compare to an airplane, a rocket or the speed of light! Lively text and watercolors make you laugh while you learn.The Bulletin called Wells's first book, Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? "...a light and easy read for science class..". Of his second book, What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew? Booklist said, "Wells introduces a challenging concept in a way that will entertain and intrigue young children". Pygmy Shrew was also selected as one of the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children for 1996 by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council. How Do You Lift a Lion?, his exciting new book published last season, is an introduction to three simple machines.

"A Boy Name Korah" relates the tale of a Jungle native boy who strays from his tribe and ends up lost. A huge bird hears the boy's cry, and rescues him to "raise Korah as his own". One day while Koo is away, a lion attacks, but a "bright light" shines on korah, and he grows large and strong enough to overcome his foe. Korah shows mercy in setting the lion free but chong goes off vowing revenge. Korah returns to his original size and wonders where the "ability" to ward off evil came from. However korah realizes with power comes responsibility. And just when life was looking up for him, the giant bird Koo dies. Now left alone to fend for himself, korah remembered what Koo taught him, and that was to respect and love all living things no matter how big or how small. As life progresses, the boy grows and faces various challenges from inhabitants of the jungle. Korah views the situation as an opportunity to bring harmony to an untamed jungle only to find him struggling to maintain his integrity.