bicycles

Told in rhyming text, a young African American girl learns to ride a bike, with the help of her father.

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.

Ten-year-old Fabio rides his salmon-colored bike along the streets of Bogot?, Columbia, leading the neighborhood kids on jaunts around the city and delivering his mother's bread to the neighbors. While riding his bike, Fabio feels free from the disappointments and pressures of life, until one day he falls and keeps falling, until he realizes he's forgotten how to ride. Descending into a deep sadness, Fabio makes connections with friends and neighbors in an effort to get back what he lost, and come to terms with difficult circumstances in his life.

Features photos and information about 300 classic bicycles, from antique to modern. Also discusses cycling's most famous races, designers and innovators, and important moments in the history of the bicycle.

While on a bicycle trip across Holland, Miss Mallard runs into danger when she unwittingly uncovers a smuggling operation.

Etta the elephant receives an invitation to the Bicycle Bash from her aunt, who has a surprise waiting for Ella!.

Presents three humorous stories in which Scaredy Monster must overcome his fears of losing a tooth, riding a bike, and going to his first sleepover.

A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved, he still does not have enough money.

"Daniel has a new bicycle. He wants to ride it right away, but first he has to learn how. Daniel just needs to keep on trying and soon he'll be able to ride"--Back cover.

"Chirri & Chirra become very small, and so are able to explore the magical world hidden away in a mound of tall grass"--Amazon.