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Loading... The Patchwork Bikeby Maxine Beneba Clarke
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Gorgeous -- the images, the spirit of the kids, the ingenuity and imagination. ( ) Top 100 pick because: I love the illustrative style of Van Thanh Rudd. I like to paint on cardboard so I love that it was an important part of the book, and made complete sense for the entirety and integrity of the narrative. The text has an interesting flow and provides simple yet joyful explanations for their community, and cycling. Acrylic paint on recycled cardboard creates a strikingly different look that sets this book apart. A young black girl and her two brothers take joy in their patchwork bike, zooming through the village and their home. Note from author, note from illustrator See also: Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love, This Is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe, Home by Carson Ellis no reviews | add a review
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"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. No library descriptions found. |
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