I Love My Bike

Description

There's a flame on the frame and I love how it feels from my head to my heels when my feet push the pedals and the pedals turn the wheels. I love my bike. I Love My Bike is a picture book about a daughter learning to ride a bike with the help of her father. It's also about that exhilarating feeling you get when you succeed at something for the first time as a child. And, most importantly, it's about learning that when you fall off, the best thing to do is get back on again! Celebrating both family relationships and being outdoors, this is the perfect read for families everywhere.

Simon Mole is an award-winning performance poet and author of childrens books. His groundbreaking one-man show Indiana Jones and the extra chair' sold out two London runs, and toured nationally, while hi second, No More Worries, toured nationally in 2015 - reaching over 1200 audience at 9 venues, including Latitude and Wilderness festivals. His first theatre piece for children, Friends For All, was commissioned by the V&A in 2016 and has since toured around England. He has a vast amount of experience across the UK, creating workshops for schools, Pupil Referral Units, museums, prisons, and hospitals. His first picture book, Kites, was published in 2019 and his second, I Love My Bike, will publish in 2021. Simon lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire.Sam Usher spent most of his childhood reading, drawing and forgetting to do his schoolwork. His debut picture book, Can You See Sassoon?, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize and the Red House Award. He has since written and illustrated We are Not Frogs by Michael Morpurgo (Barrington Stoke), Refuge by Anne Booth (Nosy Crow) and two of his own stories: Snow and Rain (Templar Publishing). He lives in London, where he enjoys trespassing and playing the piano.

'A warm read-aloud story of family relationships and the joy of getting outdoors.' -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller * 'A celebration of family relationships, bike-riding and being outdoors' * LoveReading4Kids * 'a delightful and enchanting book.' * Parenting Without Tears * 'Mole's catchy rhyme 'There's a tingle in my tummy ...' that runs throughout doesn't just capture the rhythm of the bicycle wheels, it also expresses the joy of achievement - and the freedom a child can experience from this simple activity' * Books for Keeps * "Instilling confidence into little ones who are currently in the throes of learning to ride their bike". * WeLoveCycling * 'The story is told through wonderful watercolours from critically acclaimed artist Sam Usher, with words from children's poet Simon Mole.' * National Literacy Trust *