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"[This] gentle story celebrates the ways in which serendipity can lead to friendship and sharing." - Booklist
Thought provoking book about the power of friendship : Maurice rides his bike to his shop every day. Lotta rides her bike to collect sticks every day. Both go about their separate routines, unaware of the friendship that awaits them just a few blocks away. But what happens when a branch and a lemon peel get in the way? Bikes for Sale is a delightful falling-in-like story from acclaimed picture book creators Carter Higgins and Zachariah OHora that celebrates the power of coincidence to lead us to the friends we're meant to meet all along. With easy-to-follow lyrical text and lively, bold illustrations. Inspires conversation about how we make friends and the importance of friendship. Carter Higgins is an elementary school librarian and the author of Everything You Need for a Treehouse and This Is Not a Valentine . Zachariah OHora is the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Wolfie the Bunny , among many other beloved books for kids. Fans of The Pout-Pout Fish , The Good Egg , and Dandy will love this sweet story about how changing course can lead to the friend you never knew you needed.
This sweet and boldly illustrated book about the power of friendship will be enjoyed again and again. Great read aloud book for family or elementary story time Books for kids ages 3-5 Picture books for preschool and kindergartners
Author Notes
Carter Higgins is an elementary school librarian and the author of Everything You Need for a Treehouse and This Is Not a Valentine . She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Zachariah OHora is the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller Wolfie the Bunny , among many other beloved books for kids. He lives and works in Narberth, Pennsylvania.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-Higgins's latest offering is a fun story of two bicycle enthusiasts who accidentally meet and develop a friendship. Maurice owns a lemonade stand on wheels, while Lotta rides around collecting sticks to distribute from the basket on her bike. When the two crash and are left to manage on foot, a crafty Sid intervenes and saves the day. The narrative is lyrical and charming, with "squeezy drops of sunshine" lemons and heartfelt adoration for the possibility found in twigs. OHora's acrylic illustrations are quirky, and the characters' expressions are endearing. The page layouts shift from full page to comic book-style panels, which in some cases could lead to a little confusion for newly independent readers and may make the title better as a one-on-one read rather than a larger group share for storytime. However, the tale's message, that sometimes things that were once new can quickly become familiar and comfortable, particularly when making friends, is solid encouragement for young readers. VERDICT A sweet story of friendship, full of musings about potential that can be inspiring to imaginative minds. This is a good read for those in search of some whimsy and warmth.-Kaitlin Malixi, Kensington Health Sciences Academy, Philadelphia © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Maurice sells sunshiny drinks from his mobile lemonade stand: "No matter where he rode, he always had customers." Lotta uses her bicycle cart to collect sticks, which she hands out for use as stilts and swords and limbo bars: "Everyone loves sticks." And both of them ride their bikes all over town. OHora (Read the Book, Lemmings!) draws Maurice and Lotta and their animal friends in peaceful limes and olive greens splashed with turquoise and fuchsia. Friendly, woolly, and slightly disheveled-looking, the animals pad around in comfortable sneaks. Alliterative prose by Higgins (Everything You Need for a Treehouse) makes even the mishaps that ruin Maurice's and Lotta's carts sound poetic: "But what looked like a small stick was really a smashup... and what looked like some petals was really some peels." A local bike genius salvages one bicycle from the duo's two smashed ones, and they're off for more adventures-this time, together. This quirky anticonsumerist fable imagines a town in which uses can be found for the things most people abandon, small enterprises flourish, and communal kindness makes life rich. Ages 3-5. Author's agent: Rubin Pfeffer, Rubin Pfeffer Content. Illustrator's agent: Sean McCarthy, Sean McCarthy Literary Agency. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Chipmunk Maurice sells lemonade by bicycle. Porcupine Lotta rides around on her bike collecting sticks. Two bike wrecks lead to raccoon Sid's bike shop and a new friendship. The omniscient narration is practically poetry (on Maurice's bike: "The sprockets remembered mud and lemons, twigs and mint"), and OHora's acrylics capture the reliable adorableness of hardworking small forest creatures. (c) Copyright 2021. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
What do you get when you smash your bike? A new friend.Maurice sells lemonade from a cart attached to his yellow bike. Lotta has a red bike with a basket that holds sticks she collects and then gives away. Both travel along similar pathways daily yet never meetuntil a stick becomes entangled in one of Maurice's spokes, propelling him into a tree. Meanwhile, Lotta's bike skids on some lemon rinds, causing her to crash, too. They're unharmed, but their bikes are ruined and occupations suffer. When Maurice and Lotta read a sign advertising bikes for sale, each visits Sid's repair shop. Hurray! Sid has fashioned a tandem bike, developed from the broken remains. He has also created a new friendship, as Maurice and Lotta become the owners/riders of a yellow-and-red lemonade-and-stick-collecting bicycle built for two. In the end, life has handed out lemons, and they've never tasted sweeter. This is a sweet, quiet, different take on the familiar new-friendship trope. The quirky acrylic illustrations are appealing; characters are expressive. Chipmunk Maurice has enormous black eyes and has vivid red fur. Porcupine Lotta is pale yellow. They and various other animal characters wear typical kids' attire. Visual learners will enjoy traversing the routes taken by the main characters on the simply drawn maps printed on the front and back endpapers. The wheels on the bikes go roundand readers will meet endearing new pals. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The author of This Is Not a Valentine (2017) offers here another take on unconventional friendships. Chipmunk Maurice rides his bicycle all over town, selling fresh lemonade. Meanwhile, Porcupine Lotta pedals a slightly different route, collecting sticks to give away. One day paths cross and they crash, ruining both bikes and disrupting routines. Eventually both wander to Sid's Bike Shop, where they discover that the clever raccoon has repaired both bicycles, creating a unique tandem. Higgins' gentle story celebrates the ways in which serendipity can lead to friendship and sharing. OHora's cozy characters, rendered in brightly colored acrylics, manage to look friendly and approachable even when they are bummed, and a secondary cast (including a jogging hippo, a cat who walks dogs, and Sid) make cameos throughout with minor story lines. Chartreuse and teal predominate, accented in magenta and lemon; compositions include a mix of full-page spreads and smaller panels. The endpapers depict a map of the park area, making it easy to follow Maurice's and Lotta's paths.--Kay Weisman Copyright 2019 Booklist