Ride Beside Me by Lucy Knisley
on February 20, 2024
ISBN: 1984897195
Genres: Realistic Fiction, Sports
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Ride Beside Me is a colorful, rhyming, picture book about biking and the diverse community it draws together. A child and parent hit the road on a bike, highlighting helmet safety and all the wonderful sensory experiences riding can provide. As they go along, they start to recognize other riders and by the end of the book they’ve settled in to a large club of biking friends who gather to ride safely through town.

Bikes are popular to begin with and Knisley’s book nicely illustrates how biking can go beyond a ride around a block to become a community adventure. The rhyme scheme works well and the pictures are clear and bright, making this a great choice for a classroom read aloud. Bonus! Kids will have fun finding the pigeons on each page.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath