Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face

by Larissa Theule

Kelsey Garrity-Riley (Illustrator)

Louise Belinda Bellflower lives in Rochester, New York, in 1896. She spends her days playing with her brother, Joe. But Joe gets to ride a bicycle, and Louise Belinda doesn’t. In fact, Joe issues a solemn warning: If girls ride bikes, their faces will get so scrunched up, eyes bulging from the e ort of balancing, that they’ll get stuck that way FOREVER! Louise Belinda is appalled by this nonsense, so she strikes out to discover the truth about this so-called “bicycle face.” Set against the backdrop of the women’s suffrage movement, Born to Ride is the story of one girl’s courageous quest to prove that she can do everything the boys can do, while capturing the universal freedom and accomplishment children experience when riding a bike. 
 

• ISBN13: 9781419734120
• Publish Date: 12 March 2019
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Abrams
• Imprint: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 32
• Language: English
• URL: https://abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/9781419734120-born-to-ride-a-story-about-bicycle-face/

Reviews

[mrs_mander_reads]

I loved this book! It's great for families who want to educate their children on how the world looked before women had the right to vote. A great way to celebrate the 100th anniversary! There's also some great supplemental content in the back.

[lisacee]

The lengths people go to oppress others always amazes me. In this book I learned that people tried to keep women from riding bikes (thus leading to being stronger and having more independence) by saying that they would get "bicycle face": bug eyes and a tight jaw that would stay that way forever. 😜🚲