Ride Beside Me by Lucy Knisley. PICTURE BOOK. Alfred A. Knopf (Random), 2024. $19. 9781984897190
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: SEVERAL
A mother and child go together on a group bicycle ride. At first, they ride alone along streets busy with cars. As they get further outside the city they meet up with all types of people on bikes. There are adults and kids young and old riding all together on different kinds of bikes.
A celebration of bike riding. There are subtle points about bike riding being better for the environment. There are also subtle messages about being kind and helpful to one another. The illustrations are fun with bold colors and a lot of visual interest. The mother and child are white. The other people in the illustrations are a variety of ethnicities.
Reviewer: A. Snow, Librarian
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