The Patchwork Bike

It has a bent bucket seat, bashed tin-can handlebars, and wood-cut wheels -- and riding the patchwork bike that you and your crazy brothers made is the best fun in the whole village.

When you live in a village at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is still using it, maybe not) and a used flour sack. You can even make a license plate from bark if you want. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for whooping and laughing as you bumpetty bump over sand hills, past your fed-up mum and right through your mud-for-walls home. A joyous story by multi-award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, beautifully illustrated by street artist Van Thanh Rudd.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/11/2018
ISBN: 9781536200317
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 12.20h x 9.30w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2018 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 08/13/2018
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018 pg. 161
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018 - Book Of Special Distinction
School Library Journal 10/01/2018 pg. 54
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 501940 / Patchwork Bike
Reading Level: 2.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5