The Patchwork Bike
  • Published:
    Sep-2018 (Hardcover)
    Apr-2021 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    40
  • Age Level:
    06-09
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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.
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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • Apr-2021
    • Candlewick
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1536217417
    • ISBN13: 9781536217414
    • First Edition
    • Sep-2018
    • Candlewick
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 153620031X
    • ISBN13: 9781536200317
    •  
    • Oct-2016
    • Lothian Children's Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0734416695
    • ISBN13: 9780734416698
    •  
    • Feb-2021
    • Candlewick Press
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Feb-2021
    • Candlewick
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1536221686
    • ISBN13: 9781536221688



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