Bryce fell in love with roller coasters after going on a big one at the amusement park with his brother. He became obsessed with drawing detailed pictures of different roller coaster designs. Despite not finding books about roller coasters at the library, Bryce continued drawing and filling art books with his designs. His dream was to design roller coasters when he grew up, which is what he ended up doing.
2. One warm summer day
Bryce went to the boardwalk
amusement park with his family.
He rode all the rides once, twice
and even three times.
3. While sitting on each of the rides, he
looked over at the huge roller
coaster and decided that that would
be his next ride.
4. He asked his mother to go with
him, but she was too chicken to
go and his dad said oh no!
He finally turned to his brother and
asked him. Luckily his brother said
that he would go.
5. So the two of them stood in line and
when it was their turn they sat in the
front seat.
The operator strapped them in.
The ride started.
6. They could see their parents’
in the distance.
The mother could not watch
but the father waved them
on.
7. Up they went. Down they went.
Around they went. Even upside
down.
Then the ride came to a stop. The
boys were so excited.
That warm summer day was the day
that Bryce fell in love with roller
coasters.
8. That evening when he got home
he sat at the computer to search
for different roller coasters from
amusement parks all around the
country.
He was obsessed with roller
coasters.
9. One day his class went to the
library and he asked the librarian
for a book on roller coasters. The
librarian looked and looked but
he could find any books on roller
coasters.
Bryce was sad.
10. Later that night when he was
home
he started drawing pictures
of…little roller coasters, big roller
coasters, roller coasters with one
loop, with two loops, with three
loops, even one where the
people would have their feet
dangling.
11. His room became over crowded with
pictures of roller coasters he had
drawn.
His mother noticed that his roller
coasters drawings started to have more
detail.
She bought him an artist book and told
him that he should carry it with him
wherever he went.
12. And that he did. He carried that
book to the kitchen table while he
was eating breakfast so he could
draw.
He carried that book to the bus stop,
so he could draw.
He carried that book on the bus and
while the kids misbehaved he would
draw.
13. He carried that book outside and
during recess when the kids
played his favorite games he
would draw.
He even had that book with him
and when he was supposed to
be asleep in his bed he would
draw…
R-o-l-l-e-r C-o-a-s-t-e-r-s
14. Even as Bryce got older he
continued to be obsessed with roller
coasters.
Bryce kept drawing and filling up
many art books because had a
dream and it was a big dream.
15. And the dream was…
He wanted to design roller
coasters when he grew up.
And that he did.
