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1) Dino-racing

Author

Wheeler, Lisa

Series

Dino sports books
Dino-Sports

Formats

Book, Playaway

Description

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Illustrations and rhyming text follow dinosaurs as they race against each other in dragsters, then off-road vehicles, and finally stock cars.

2) Here lies the librarian

Author

Peck, Richard

Formats

Book, CD, Large Print

Description

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Fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the 1914 arrival in her small Indiana town of four young librarians.

3) The art of racing in the rain: a novel

Author

Stein, Garth

Formats

Book, CD, Large Print, LENDABLE KIT, Playaway

Description

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Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.

4) Drive it! Fix it!

Author

Brimner, Larry Dane

Series

Racing Ace volume 1
Acorn

Pub. Date

2022.

Description

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Ace has built her own go-kart, but when she is ready for a test run it will not start, and she has to figure out what part is missing--and then in the middle of the race something else goes wrong.

5) Hot rod hamster!

Author

Lord, Cynthia

Series

Hot Rod Hamster (Picture books) volume 1

Formats

Book, STORYBOX

Description

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When a tiny hamster decides to build a hot rod to race at the 4 Paws Speedway, he and his furry friends go to the junkyard, where they must make decisions on which type of car, tires, parts and decorations to choose. The hamster asks readers, "Which one would you choose?

6) The Princess and the pit stop

Author

Angleberger, Tom

Pub. Date

[2018]

Description

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When a Princess learns from her Fairy Godmother that she is in last place in a car race against such fairy tale notables as Humpty Dumpty, the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin, she boldly rebuffs defeat and steps on the gas.

7) Super Rabbit racers

Author

Flintham, Thomas

Series

Press start! volume 3

Pub. Date

2017.

Formats

Book, Graphic Novel

Description

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Super Rabbit Boy is racing in the Super Grand Prix car race--but among the other racers is King Viking and his team of cheaters, and they will do anything to win.

8) Night of thunder

Author

Hunter, Stephen

Series

Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 5
A Bob Lee Swagger novel

Formats

Book, CD, Large Print

Description

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Deep in the heart of Dixie for a weeklong NASCAR event, Bob Lee Swagger, protagonist of the "New York Times"-bestselling "Point of Impact," returns in this explosively gritty thrill ride as he metes justice out to those who targeted his reporter-daughter.

9) Last ride

Author

Langston, Laura

Series

Orca soundings

Pub. Date

[2011]

Description

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Tom Shields killed his best friend, Logan, in a street-racing accident a year ago. While he tries to make amends to Logan's girlfriend and keep his promise to never race again, he's haunted by his dead friend.

10) Monster trucks

Author

Denise, Anika

Description

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Readers will delight in this lively read-aloud story with a clever and surprising twist at the end--perfect for Halloween and year round! Ready, set, go! The monster truck race is on in this frightfully delightful picture book. On a spooky speedway, Monster Trucks moan! Monster Trucks grumble! Monster Trucks groan! Join Frankentruck, Zombie Truck, Ghost Truck, and more as they race to the finish line. But one of these trucks isn't quite who you think....

11) Saturday night dirt

Author

Weaver, Will

Series

Motor series volume 1

Pub. Date

2009

Description

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In a small town in northern Minnesota, the much-anticipated Saturday night dirt-track race at the old-fashioned, barely viable, Headwaters Speedway becomes, in many ways, an important life-changing event for all the participants on and off the track.

12) Race forever

Author

Montgomery, R. A

Series

Choose your own adventure volume 7

Pub. Date

c2005

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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Your father has been teaching you about race cars your entire life, but now you find yourself in Africa on your own facing some of the toughest driving conditions in the world.

13) St. Dale

Author

McCrumb, Sharyn

Pub. Date

c2005

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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Hoping to get another chance at racing, former stock car driver Harley Claymore leads a group of tourists on a guided tour of Southern speedways, only to watch as the trip becomes a memorial pilgrimage in honor of NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, Sr. He'll take the "Number Three Pilgrims" through seven states in eight days, watching them lay wreaths in honor of "The Intimidator." As the bust rolls onward, miracles begin happening. Prayers are answered,...

14) Shark attack

Author

Landers, Ace

Series

Hot Wheels
Scholastic reader. Level 1

Pub. Date

[2013]

Description

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Team Hot Wheels is trying out a brand-new stunt involving three loops over the ocean, but shark-infested waters may make this challenge more dangerous than ever.

15) The shadow portrait

Author

Morris, Gilbert

Series

House of Winslow volume 21

Pub. Date

c1998

Description

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When the Winslow brothers arrive in New York City, Peter to be a race car driver and Phil to study art, they both find love and conflict in the city.

16) Mama lion wins the race

Author

Muth, Jon J

Pub. Date

2017.

Description

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Mama Lion, Tigey, the Flying Pandinis, and the Knitted Monkeys compete in a road race, and when the Pandinis stop to help Mama Lion, she is happy to return the favor.