The Magic Bicycle, Brian Patten ill. Arthur Robins (1993)

Walker Books 0 7445 2503 Octo 28pp £7.99

An enjoyable illustrated adventure poem, to be read to three to six year olds

 

Danny Harris knocks over a witch, who puts a spell on his bike. As a result of this, he cycles around the world meeting, and knocking over indigenous folks from every corner of the globe. The five year old to whom I read it, loved the book. Its nicely drawn, too, in a style that marries the dreamy coloured detail of Quentin Blake with a comic book sensibility. The rhyming tale is adapted from an earlier Brian Patten poem, The Saga of the Doomed Cyclist.

PS Dec 09


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