Curious George Rides a Bike (H.A. Rey)
An odd story where the man with the yellow hat give George his first bike and then before promptly leaving tells George “not to get in trouble.” Yes, of course he does, crashing his bike in the meanwhile.
Lotta’s Bike (Astrid Lindgren)
We just got this book as a gift, which actually prompted this post. I love Astrid Lindgren, and love the Swedish attitude towards bikes in this book. The little 5-year old Lotta desperately wants a bicycle (NOT a tricycle) like her older siblings. She’s very quirky and we’ve been reading this a lot!
Bicycle Rider (Mary Scioscia) – A beautifully illustrated story of how Marshall Major Taylor got started racing. I liked this book, but the kids didn’t get into it, probably because it had too many words. We’ll try again in a year or so.
Just a cursory search, brings up many more books to look at:
- Bear’s Bicycle
- Sally Jean, Bicycle Queen
- Duck on a Bike
- Berenstain Bears – the Bike Lesson
- Froggy Rides a Bike
Hi Geoff, followed your link from a rootsradical message.
Here’s a book my son (now 6 & 3/4) enjoys:
Marcel Moves Mountains, Jeff Lappin
http://isbn.nu/9780970880505
Can’t remember where I read about it but the author / illustrator duo also wrote one called Simon Makes Waves about a surfer kid, I got them both at the same time a couple years ago.
Joel