The Patchwork Bike

ISBN-10: 153620031X
ISBN-13: 9781536200317
Author: Clarke, Maxine Beneba
Illustrated by: Rudd, Van Thanh
Interest Level: K-4
Publisher: Candlewick Press

Publication Date: September 2018

Copyright: 2016

Page Count: 40

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Interest Level

Grades K-4

Reading Level

Guided Reading: M
Accelerated Reader Level: 2.9
Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play

JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa

Description
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.