Bikes for Sale
By (Author) Carter Higgins
Illustrated by Zachariah Ohora
Chronicle Books
Chronicle Books
2nd April 2019
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
813.6
Hardback
40
Width 229mm, Height 279mm
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 is just a few blocks away. But what happens when a pothole and a scrap heap get in the way This delightful friendship romcom from acclaimed picture book creators Carter Higgins and Zachariah OHora celebrates the power of coincidence to lead us to the friends we're meant to meet all along.
A fun, clever book about two bike-loving animals who take different paths to work every day... Carter Higgins' writing is spot on, and Zachariah OHora's bold and colorful illustrations are fun and inviting. --Book Riot
A sweet, quiet, different take on new-friendship. ---Kirkus Reviews
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. --Publishers Weekly
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.