Celebrate Canada: Bats and Bikes

Bats and Bikes is a report on several important Canadian sporting inventions, including the Sam Bat, the Cervélo bike, BIXI bikes, and the UNO Streetbike. Fact boxes provide additional information.  The style is conversational and informative.

A variety of sentence types are used.  A Contents lists the six sections in the book.  The text is supported directly by headings, a map, captioned and labelled photographs, and a numbered list in a sidebar. 

Interest words include inventions, design, cyclists, and pollution.  The verbs won, tested, and balances are used.  The adjectives star, racing, and busy are used.

This title is from the Celebrate CANADA series. Inspire readers to learn about the cultural, social, scientific, and Indigenous stories of Canada in these engaging, appropriately levelled informational texts.