Full Speed Ahead! How Fast Things Go

French design firm Cruschiform’s graphics channel midcentury poster art while comparing the speeds of animals, people, and vehicles. Left-hand pages introduce the speed at which the objects on the facing pages move. Surprising juxtapositions include an alligator paired with a nuclear submarine (both move at 22 mph), and a springbok, dragonfly, sailboarder, mako shark, and fire truck, all members of the 56 mph club. Readers will be intrigued to see how the universe’s slowpokes (such as the seahorse and Galapagos tortoise) measure up to its fastest—like a shooting star, which travels at a whopping 60,000 mph. A glossary provides additional details about each featured subject, along with a definition of speed itself. Ages 4–8. (Nov.)