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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Mister Penny's Race Horse Mister Penny's Race Horse Marie Hall Ets "You mustn't feel bad because you are not going to the fair," Mr. Penny said to Limpy, his faithful old horse. "You know about judges. They won't look at old fellows like us. But without you we would… OL15162714W
George Ferris, what a wheel! George Ferris, what a wheel! Barbara Lowell A portrait of the engineer who invented the Ferris wheel describes the ambitious ideas that inspired him to build the largest wheel in the world for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. OL17928328W
Barbie Barbie Carol Pugliano Barbie and Kelly go to the fair and even ride the ferris wheel. OL2032207W
Ferris wheels Ferris wheels Norman D. Anderson Traces the history and influence of the Ferris wheel since 1893, when the first giant steel wheel, the invention of engineer George Ferris, was constructed for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. OL2353895W
The giant wheel The giant wheel Andrei Usache˜v One day a ferris wheel appears next door to the zoo, and the animals can't wait to try it out. One by one, they climb into the gondolas to enjoy the view-but never did they dream they would see so fa… OL24267118W
The great wheel (Newbery honor roll) The great wheel (Newbery honor roll) Robert Lawson Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. OL4234951W