• Lists

    Four on Friday: National Bicycle Month

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    May is National Bicycle Month! When I was little, my whole family (all six of us) would spend many Saturday mornings during the summer going for rides in the town and back roads where I grew up. I love riding and even tried my hand at a sprint triathlon a…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Cycle City

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    Summary: “When little Etta the Elephant goes to her Aunt Ellen’s house, she takes a journey through bicycle-filled Cycle City, a town filled with bikes of all kinds! At the end of the day, a special surprise awaits Etta—the most amazing bicycle parade imaginable. Detail-rich illustrations in this fun seek-and-find…

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    #blogbookaday: I Really Want to See You, Grandma

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    Summary: “Yumi and her grandmother have the same great idea: They want to see each other. So they each head out to do just that, only to completely miss each other along the way! No problem—they’ll just head back home and wait for the other to return. The trouble is…

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    Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle

    Caldecott award winning author, Chris Raschka, again brings his beautiful watercolors to a new book for youngsters called Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle.  In a field of children’s book you would think learning how to ride a bike would be a topic on everyone’s mind, but there aren’t…