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Red Bicycle : The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle by Jude Isabella (2015, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKids CAN Press, The Limited

ISBN-101771380233

ISBN-139781771380232

eBay Product ID (ePID)210281701

Product Key Features

Book TitleRed Bicycle : the Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicPeople & Places / Africa, Business & Economics, General, Sports & Recreation / Cycling, Transportation / General

IllustratorYes, Shin, Simone

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorJude Isabella

Book SeriesCitizenkid Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.3 Oz

Item Length12.3 in

Item Width9.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Reviews... it provides an extensive amount of clearly written information, from how a bicycle is transported across the continents to the ripple of economic benefits felt throughout the community.-- Quill & Quire, ...offers multiple access points and opportunities for critical literacy lessons and dialogue focusing on equity and critical and responsible citizenship.-- ETFO Voice, A strong option for social studies curricula, this noteworthy title will encourage kids to think globally.-- School Library Journal, Isabella's straightforward and specific prose is brought to life by Shin's textured and upbeat illustrations, which provide windows into the different places along Big Red's route.-- The Horn Book Magazine, Appealingly illustrated by Shin, this is a particularly good depiction of the ripple effect that can follow one generous act.-- The New York Times

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromThird Grade

Dewey Decimal813/.6

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisIn this unique nonfiction picture book, the main character is a bicycle that starts its life like so many bicycles in North America, being owned and ridden by a young boy. The boy, Leo, treasures his bicycle so much he gives it a name --- Big Red. But eventually Leo outgrows Big Red, and this is where the bicycle's story takes a turn from the everyday, because Leo decides to donate it to an organization that ships bicycles to Africa. Big Red is sent to Burkina Faso, in West Africa, where it finds a home with Alisetta, who uses it to gain quicker access to her family's sorghum field and to the market. Then, over time, it finds its way to a young woman named Haridata, who has a new purpose for the bicycle --- renamed Le Grand Rouge --- delivering medications and bringing sick people to the hospital. This book makes an excellent choice for cultural studies classes; author Jude Isabella has provided several terrific suggestions in the back of the book for projects large and small, while a map shows the distance the bicycle traveled across the Atlantic Ocean. Award-winning illustrator Simone Shin's digitally composed artwork includes evocative depictions of Alisetta's and Haridata's communities in rural Africa, creating vivid comparisons between Leo's life and their lives. Youngsters will learn how different the world is for those who rely on bicycles as a mode of transportation, and how one ordinary bicycle --- and a child's desire to make a difference --- can change lives across the world. This book also offers an excellent opportunity for expanding character education lessons on caring, compassion and empathy to include the wider world., Leo rides his beloved red bicycle to school, soccer practice and everywhere in between. He is devastated when he outgrows Big Red. But when Leo learns of a bicycle donation program, he perks up --- someone who really needs his bike can give it a new life. Little does he know that Big Red will change other people's lives, too. Follow the bike as it travels to West Africa, where it helps people in Burkina Faso bring goods to the market, and serves as a makeshift ambulance, proving that an ordinary bicycle can be truly extraordinary.