The Big Questions: What Is Racing?

By Ethan Solace

What is racing?

Every race begins with a heartbeat.

The Big Questions: What Is Racing? is a beautifully written children's nonfiction picture book about racing, speed, courage, resilience, perseverance, animals, machines, sport, and the powerful race within.

Created for readers aged 5-12, this premium sports and STEM-inspired picture book explores racing in all its thrilling forms: runners on the track, horses thundering across the turf, Formula One cars and roaring engines, boats cutting through waves, greyhounds built for speed, wild animals racing through nature, and children chasing their own dreams.

Hi, my name is Ethan Solace-an interdisciplinary psychologist and a dad. Picture books are often the first place children encounter the wider world, but we don't always stop to think about who wrote them, or the lasting impression they leave.

I wrote The Big Questions series to be premium, exciting, child-friendly, and based on how children actually engage, not talking down to them, but exploring with them. These books are designed to help children meet big ideas through wonder, story, emotional intelligence, and clear understanding.

In What Is Racing?, children discover that racing is not only about being the fastest. It is about effort, courage, focus, risk, teamwork, trust, and the choice to keep going when the race gets hard.

This book blends real-world racing with poetic storytelling, helping children explore speed not just as motion, but as a feeling: the breath before the start, the roar of the crowd, the thunder of hooves, the scream of engines, the pull of wind and waves, and the quiet bravery of trying again.

Inside, children will explore:

What racing is and why humans have always loved to raceHow horse racing combines speed, trust, history, and partnershipWhy car racing and Formula One involve courage, precision, engineering, and controlHow boats race with wind, waves, rhythm, and teamworkWhy greyhounds show speed, grace, and the responsibility we owe to racersHow human running connects breath, body, effort, and spiritWhat racing in nature teaches us about survival, movement, and lifeWhy The Tortoise and the Hare still matters todayHow technology helps people race against timeWhy losing, falling, hurting, and starting again are part of every real raceHow the deepest race is often the one inside us

Perfect for bedtime reading, classrooms, homeschool learning, sports topics, racing fans, children who love cars, horses, animals, running, competition, or action-packed nonfiction, this book is designed to excite the imagination while opening meaningful conversations about resilience, confidence, perseverance, and courage.

Written with warmth, clarity, and cinematic imagination, The Big Questions: What Is Racing? turns racing into something bigger than speed. It becomes a story about becoming more than you were before.

For every child who has ever run as fast as they could just to feel alive, dreamed of engines and finish lines, fallen and got back up, or wondered if they had the courage to begin again, this book offers a powerful and unforgettable answer.

The greatest race is not always about coming first.

It is about heart.

It is about hope.

It is about learning to run your race, your way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLJJMQDF
• ISBN13: 9798296828910
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"