The Patchwork Bike

The Patchwork Bike

Hardback (11 Sep 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781536200317
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Imprint: Candlewick Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 30 unnumbered
Weight: 468g
Height: 318mm
Width: 241mm
Spine width: 9mm