The Girl and the Bicycle by Mark Pett
Title: The Girl and The Bicycle Author/Illustrator: Mark Pett Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 80407 Description: A wordless picture book in which a girl sees a bicycle she wants to buy, works hard for a kindly neighbour to earn the money for it, then gets a pleasant surprise. Curriculum Links: Art: Pencil Illustrations, Lines Character Education: Kindness, Perseverance, Responsibility Math: Financial Literacy Reading: Inferring Science: Daily and Seasonal Changes Social Studies: Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities Notes: Design: This book is slightly wider and shorter than an average picture book. The cover and title alone made me want to pick up this book. A little girl and her younger brother are on the cover with the girl looking at a green bicycle in a toy store window. The pages in the book are done in taupes and greys so the pages seem soft and aged (rather than ...