Bicycle Life

Nothing is faster than a bicycle built for two! During some bike rides, Oliver was faster. Sometimes, Olivia was faster. But if they didn't ride at the same speed, how could they ride together? Oliver and Olivia Possum are gifted a tandem bike by their friends. They must learn how to cooperate so they don't fall over. Of course, pie is involved, and good times are had by all!

Wadjda has one simple wish: to race her friend Abdullah on her very own bicycle. But in Saudi Arabia, it is considered improper for girls to ride bikes, and her parents forbid her from having one. Sick of playing by the rules, Wadjda schemes different ways to make money and buy the bike herself. But freedom comes at a high price.... Set against the shifting social attitudes of the Middle East, The Green Bicycle explores gender roles, conformity, and the importance of family, all with wit and irresistible heart.

When Oliver Possum was just a young joey, he walked everywhere. Well, everywhere he could, which wasn’t far. All of that changed when he got his first bicycle. Now the whole world is his, as long as he's was back by dark. And he made sure he was, mostly. Now he is making new friends, too! Well, mostly.

There are good rides and great adventures. Oliver was having a good ride until it became a great adventure. Oliver forgot to look out for rain clouds. Now, his only goal is to get home safe, if not dry. After the storm finally passes him by, there's still time for a lively competition with friends and a nice, warm slice of pie.

Six friends go for a ride to see what they can … sea! Oliver Possum didn’t mind a good bicycle ride—but this was a great one! He and his friends ride across the great wide world to have a fun afternoon at the seaside. What could possibly go wrong?

It began as a case of mistaken identity. How many possums on a bicycle could there be? It seems that there are two! Oliver and his friends ride out to find their new potential friend and have adventures involving snakes (yikes!), silly squirrels (yay!), and pie (yum!). Oliver finds out that he and his new possum friend have similar bikes and similar feelings about adventure. They certainly are happy to meet each other!

From much-loved author Shirley Hughes comes a thrilling World War II novel for children aged 10 and up. It is 1944, and Florence, Italy, is occupied by Nazi German forces. The Italian resistance movement has not given up hope, though - and neither have Paolo and his sister, Constanza. Both are desperate to fight the occupation, but what can two siblings do against a whole army with only a bicycle to help them? In extraordinary circumstances, people are capable of extraordinary things.

As World War II ends, Jacques is delighted to ride his bicycle once again. One day, he finds he may have to give away his bike.

With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bike-share stations, bicycling is enjoying a new surge of popularity in America. It seems that every generation or two, Americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience, and relative affordability of the bicycle. The earliest two-wheeler, the draisine, arrived in Philadelphia in 1819 and astonished onlookers with the possibility of propelling themselves "like lightning".

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes The Great Bicycle Race Mystery, The Mystery of the Wild Ponies, and The Mystery in the Computer Game.

The Bicycle Book takes you on two intertwining paths. One is the author’s fond oftentimes funny tale of being a newbie paperboy at the tender age of 12. Adventures in customer relations become lifetime lessons thanks to Steve’s quirky, brilliantly pedagogical dad, a top advertising executive given to Socratic Q&A dialoguing and mealtime family seminars.

Introverted Bicycle has lived most of her life at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. When her guardian, Sister Wanda, announces that Bicycle is going to attend a camp where she will learn to make friends, Bicycle says no way and sets off on her bike for San Francisco to meet her idol, a famous cyclist, certain he will be her first true friend. Who knew that a ghost would haunt her handlebars and that she would have to contend with bike-hating dogs, a bike-loving horse, bike-crushing pigs, and a mysterious lady dressed in black.

அன்பு வணக்கம். உங்களுக்காக நான் எழுதியுள்ள மற்றுமொரு சிறார் நாவல் “அப்புவின் சைக்கிள்”. அப்பு என்ற எட்டாம் வகுப்பு படிக்கும் சிறுவன் ஒரு சைக்கிள் வாங்க ஆசைப்பட அதனால் அவன் வாழ்க்கையில் தொடர்ச்சியாக நடக்கும் சம்பவங்களே இந்த நாவலின் உள்ளடக்கம். அப்பு தான் ஆசைப்பட்ட சைக்கிளை வாங்கினானா இல்லையா என்பதை இந்த நாவலைப் படித்து நீங்கள் அறிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.

Put on a helmet. Test the brakes, and check the seat height. It's time to learn the rules of bicycle safety!