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Picture Books & Beginning Readers
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Cantaloupe and HoneyDo Ride a Bike
by Mike Boldt
Learning what they can and can't do, two smart melons—Cantaloupe and HoneyDo—?iscover, despite being polar opposites, that with a little practice and care, they can do new things, from riding a bike to baking a cake.
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Maisy Goes on a Bike Ride
by Lucy Cousins
Maisy has a new bicycle and can't wait to ride with her friends on so many adventures, whizzing on wheels, whether a bike, trike, scooter or tandem, going uphill and down and through puddles.
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Two Wheels
by David Gibb
Determined to ride a bike with only two wheels through practice, patience and courage, a little boy discovers that his dream just might come true, in this delightful story that captures the magical moment when kids pedal off on their own.
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Big Bike, Little Bike
by Kellie DuBay Gillis
A charming cast of different animals approach the same simple bike, in a story that celebrates how circumstances can change perspective and how far one's perspective—and one bike—can take someone.
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The Bike Ride
by Nelson Goose
While on a bike ride with his dad, David sees a big yellow bulldozer digging up trees to clear the land and worries about what will happen to the animals who live in those trees, in this timely story of ecological and emotional change and new friends.
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Ride Beside Me
by Lucy Knisley
Riding their bikes through the neighborhood, a mother and son see all types of bikes, including unicycles and tandem bikes, and before long, the bikes outnumber the cars and trucks, forming a parade celebrating the beautiful community they all share.
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A Big Day for Bike
by Emily Jenkins
On her first day on the job, Bike, a community city bike, navigates the city of Seattle as she meets new passengers, visits exciting landmarks, and experiences all kinds of weather.
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Noodles on a Bicycle
by Kyo Maclear
In this fast-paced historical picture book about Tokyo's bicycle food deliverers, children watch the demae—delivery men—set off to deliver steaming trays of noodles to hungry customers all over the city and want to be them, practicing with bowls of wobbling water stacked on trays.
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Elena Rides
by Juana Medina
With the help of her loyal little red bird sidekick, Elena the elephant lets nothing stand in the way of her learning to ride a bike, in this entertaining and relatable tale of the ups and downs of learning something new. This book is also available in Spanish.
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The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle
by Keith Negley
Inspired by the real events of 1815-17, this powerful story of how resilience in the face of adversity can lead to something wondrous follows a young forester who, during the Year Without a Summer, came up with a bright idea to help people get around.
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The Big Bike
by C. L. Reid
Emma is too scared to ride her new bike but her brother helps her practice and gain the confidence she needs to conquer her fears. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart and a sign language guide.
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Wild Blue: Taming a Big-kid Bike
by Dashka Slater
Using her boundless imagination, Kayla finds the courage to tame her new big-kid bike—despite falls, bumps and bruises—and the confidence to let go of her fear.
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The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee's Life
by Patricia McCormick
Forced to flee Kurdistan by the Iraqi government, young refugee Mevan travels from country to country seeking safety and feels more and more alone until a stranger's gift changes everything, in this true story and moving reminder of how powerful one act of kindness can be.
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Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero
by Megan Hoyt
Gino Bartali pedaled across Italy for years, winning one cycling race after another, including the 1938 Tour de France. Gino became an international sports hero! But the next year, World War II began, and it changed everything. Soldiers marched into Italy. Tanks rolled down the cobbled streets of Florence. And powerful leaders declared that Jewish people should be arrested. To the entire world, Gino Bartali was merely a champion cyclist. But Gino's greatest achievement was something he never told a soul--that he secretly worked with the Italian resistance to save hundreds of Jewish men, women, and children, and others, from certain death, using the one thing no authority would question: his bicycle.
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Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion
by Charles R. Smith
This fast-paced, heart-pounding picture book biography-in-verse of the first African American world cycling champion and the second Black athlete to win a world championship in any sport shows how he faced down challenge after challenge as he pedaled his way to realizing his dream.
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Only Only Marisol Rainey
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Marisol and her best friend Jada love to ride their bikes, except when they have to ride past a dangerous beast they call Daggers, but when Daggers gets loose, Marisol unexpectedly rescues him, conquering one of her biggest fears.
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Wheels of Legend
by Gabrielle Kent
A new mystery has rolled onto Penfurzy Island, and the Rebel Bicycle Club are ready to investigate! Nessa, Demelza, and their goose, Captain Honkers, are excited to explore a traveling carnival that's come to Penfurzy, and soon they befriend Jack, the son of the carnival owner. But strange things are happening too, like odd tremors that shake the island! Does it have anything to do with the fact that the carnival comes to Penfurzy only every ten years? It's up to the friends to do what they do best: save the day from a fate worse than homework. #3 in the series Knights and Bikes
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Bibsy Cross and the Bike-a-thon
by Liz Garton Scanlon
When precocious eight-year-old Bisby's library hosts a bike-a-thon to raise money to buy books, she is determined to win the fundraiser.
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