Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face

Author:   Larissa Theule ,  Kelsey Garrity-Riley
Publisher:   Abrams
ISBN:  

9781419734120


Pages:   32
Publication Date:   12 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 8 years
Format:   Hardback
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Louise Belinda Bellflower lives in Rochester, New York, in 1896. She spends her days playing with her brother, Joe. But Joe gets to ride a bicycle, and Louise Belinda doesn't. In fact, Joe issues a solemn warning: If girls ride bikes, their faces will get so scrunched up, eyes bulging from the e ort of balancing, that they'll get stuck that way FOREVER! Louise Belinda is appalled by this nonsense, so she strikes out to discover the truth about this so-called ""bicycle face."" Set against the backdrop of the women's suffrage movement,Born to Rideis the story of one girl's courageous quest to prove that she can do everything the boys can do, while capturing the universal freedom and accomplishment children experience when riding a bike.

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Author:   Larissa Theule ,  Kelsey Garrity-Riley
Publisher:   Abrams
Imprint:   Abrams Books for Young Readers
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 27.30cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781419734120


ISBN 10:   1419734121
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   12 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 4 to 8 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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An important part of history engagingly told --Kirkus Reviews Garrity-Riley's sunny art features round-faced, pink-cheeked characters; a palette of blues and browns, highlighted with splashes of red and yellow; and many period details. A visual subplot involves the children's mother, who is depicted painting voting rights posters, welcoming fellow suffragettes to tea, sewing her own bloomers, and taking a bicycle ridewith her daughter. --Booklist Simple but thoughtfully detailed, Garrity-Riley's illustrations incorporate multiple references to women's suffrage campaigns. --Publishers Weekly


An important part of history engagingly told --Kirkus Reviews Garrity-Riley's sunny art features round-faced, pink-cheeked characters; a palette of blues and browns, highlighted with splashes of red and yellow; and many period details. A visual subplot involves the children's mother, who is depicted painting voting rights posters, welcoming fellow suffragettes to tea, sewing her own bloomers, and taking a bicycle ridewith her daughter. --Booklist


An important part of history engagingly told --Kirkus Reviews


Author Information

Larissa Theule holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is the author of several picture books, including Kafka and the Doll and Mouseboat. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her family. Kelsey Garrity-Riley earned her degree in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She illustrates books, magazines, greeting cards, and window displays. She lives in Brooklyn.

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