Girl on a Motorcycle
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2020
- Category
- General, Travel, Motorcycles
- Recommended Age
- 5 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- k to 4
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780593116296
- Publish Date
- Sep 2020
- List Price
- $24.99
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Description
A picture book biography by an award-winning team about the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world
One day, a girl gets on her motorcycle and rides away. She wants to wander the world. To go . . . Elsewhere. This is the true story of the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world alone. Each place has something to teach her. Each place is beautiful. And despite many flat tires and falls, she learns to always get back up and keep riding.
Award-winning author Amy Novesky and Governor General's Award-winning illustrator Julie Morstad have teamed up for a spectacular celebration of girl power and resilience.
About the authors
Amy Novesky is an award–winning children’s book author. Her books include Imogen, the Mother of Modernism and Three Boys, also published by Cameron Kids. She lives with her family just north of San Francisco.
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Editorial Reviews
★ "On more subtle display is the goodness Dautheville finds in people everywhere she travels, effectively demonstrating the beauty of cultures different from our own." --Booklist, starred review
★ "Morstad’s sophisticated, retro-chic artwork lovingly evokes the time frame dictated by the real life adventures of French writer Anne-France Dautheville, first woman to go around the world by motorcycle . . . The result is part documentary, part dreamscape with strong crossover appeal for fans of history and of romantic adventure, all of whom will find their curiosity assuaged in an endnote that explores Dautheville’s experience (complete with photographic confirmation) and Novesky’s own dream-chasing research and interview." --BCCB, starred review
"For picture book collections aimed at older readers, this is likely to touch something profound in teen or preteen lovers of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden as well as those who hear the siren call of travel."--School Library Journal
"A lovely tribute to both the pioneering motorcyclist and the joys of the open road." --The Horn Book
"A testimony to fearlessness that challenges traditional gender expectations." --Publishers Weekly
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