Interested in sharing your love of bikes with a younger rider? Here are a few suggestions mostly for the elementary age child, compiled by BikeWalk NC intern, Charlotte Spence.
- By Maribeth Boelts
- Easy reader
- Ruben feels like he is the only kid without a bike. When he sees someone drop a bill on the street he picks it up and pockets it. When he gets home, he realizes it is a $100 bill, and he has to decide what he will do next.
Gus and Grandpa and the Two-Wheeled Bike
- By Claudia Mills
- Grandpa helps Gus learn to ride without his training wheels.
B is for Bicycle
- By Scott Fitzgerald
- Picture book
- An alphabet book with bicycles! Two puppies and their animal friends learn about the alphabet through everything that bicycles and bike shops have to offer.
Eric’s Big Day: A Bicycle Race Unlike Any Other
- By Rod Waters
- During the bike race, Eric stumbles upon several racers in need. He must decide between helping them with the items in his knapsack, or continuing toward the finish line.
- By Emilie McLeod
- Picture book
- A boy and a bear teach you how to safely ride your bicycle.
- By Isaac Olaleye
- Lateef, a boy living in Nigeria, works hard so that he can save money to rent a bike and ride with his friends.
- By Vera Rosenberry
- Vera’s beloved red tricycle gets stolen at the park. When she inherits her sister’s old green bicycle, she must learn how to bravely ride on her own.
- By James Proimos
- Picture book
- Bonnie’s brand new bike takes her on all sorts of adventures, from the Statue of Liberty to the Grand Canyon. But will she learn how to stop?
- By Byron Barton
- A picture book that takes you through Tom’s ride to work on his bright green bicycle.
- By H.A. Rey
- Fiction
- A classic. George helps a little boy with his paper route and gets into all sorts of trouble.
- By Pamela Pease
- Non-fiction
- A pop-up book that takes you through the 2,000-mile-long Tour de France and introduces you to cyclists from all over the world along the way.
Bike! Your Guide to Mountain Biking, BMX, Road and Fast-track Racing, C-X racing and More
- By Monique Peterson
- Non-fiction
- A book that introduces you to all things extreme biking.
- By Alison Farrell
- Picture book
- Etta the Elephant adventures through Cycle City, a town where everyone rides a different kind of bicycle. Her day ends with a fun-filled bicycle parade.
- By Mark Pett
- Illustrated book
- A little girl finds a bicycle in a shop window, and she decides she has to have it. After asking her neighbors if she can do yard work for them to save money, she forms an unlikely friendship.
Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Bicycle Bandit
- By James Preller
- Ralphie Jordan’s beat-up bike, Old Rusty, goes missing just outside the library, and Ralphie is devastated. It’s up to Jigsaw and Mila to find out who stole it.
- by Michele Jakubowski
- The Tour Across the Land is no ordinary bicycle race. Only the top riders take on the cross-country route, and soon they will whiz right through Somerville.
