The patchwork bike

"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 i...

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Main Author: Clarke, Maxine Beneba (Author)
Other Authors: Rudd, Van Thanh (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Summary:"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.
Item Description:Originally published in Australia and New Zealand in 2016 by Hachette Australia.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Audience:Ages 6-9.
ISBN:9781536200317
153620031X
Author Notes:Maxine Beneba Clarke is a West-Indian Australian writer. She has a Bachelor of Creative Arts/Law (majoring in Creative Writing and Human Rights). Her works include Overland, Foreign Soil, Gil Scott Heron is on Parole, I'm not a Racist But...: 40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act, Nothing Here Needs Fixing, Original Skin and The Hate Race. Her short plays have been produced and her poetry has been broadcast on radio and presented at writers' festivals.

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