The patchwork bike / Maxine Beneba Clarke ; illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781536200317
- 153620031X
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Machines & Construction | Clarke Maxine B | Checked out | 07/08/2024 | 33111009295581 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Originally published in Australia and New Zealand in 2016 by Hachette Australia.
"When you live 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 using it, maybe not), a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum, and right through your mud-for-walls home."--Back cover.
Ages 6-9.