Books with title The pink bicycle

This is a beautiful story about a young boy called Josh who is learning to ride his bicycle. His patient father runs with him trying to steady Josh and stop him from falling over. This story shows how difficult it is to learn to ride a bicycle, but if you don't give up, you can do it. Once you can ride a bicycle it is easy to fly along and be over confident. Josh learns this lesson to his detriment! The illustrations in this story are all paintings completed by Derek Garton. The vibrancy of his pictures enhance this Book. Boys and girls will love reading The Bicycle because they will identify with Josh and the problems that he has.

Twelve-year-old Carissa lives with her widowed mother, Lorena, in rural Georgia. There aren’t many ways for a black woman in the South in 1927 to make a living. Lorena does laundry for white ladies, but she wants Carissa to have the opportunities that come with education. Both of them yearn to move up north, where Carissa was born.Into their lives rides an elderly man on a shiny blue bicycle.Bailey is a wanderer, a storyteller, a thinker, a kind and sociable man who can repair and tighten up and fix just about anything.Soon he’s part of Carissa’s life, almost like the grandfather she never had. He teaches her how to ride his bicycle, and how to find her balance in other ways as well, and Bailey’s time with Carissa and her mother helps him decide how to continue his own journey.A vividly rendered setting, strong, memorable characters, and a narrative rich in humorous and poignant moments make this first novel a compelling and distinctive coming-of-age story.

A young man cycles into a town and finds himself in the company of a lively little boy. He tells him fascinating stories of going far and wide on a bicycle. Enchanted, the little boy dreams a dream ... cycling away into distant lands ... Can his dream come true? Get carried away by this gentle story and discover how an act of kindness can change someone's life.