Two Wheels for Grover

by Dan Elliott

Book Overview

When Grover goes to visit his cousins in the country, he is ashamed to admit that he does not know how to ride a bicycle. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394865863
• ISBN13: 9780394865867
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 33 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Not Dan Elliott's Best In This Series But Still Good

As I've stated in several other reviews, I used to read this series of books to my much-younger adopted sisters back when they were first in print in the 80s and early 90s. Now that I have a child of my own I have been re-collecting these books to read to him. TWO WHEELS FOR GROVER centers on Grover's trip to see his cousins in the country (and from the artwork it looks like they had a VERY long drive to get there). Cousin Rosie wants to go bike riding with Grover but since Grover can't ride a two wheeler, he hems and haws every time she asks, making excuses and sadly watching her ride away. Cousin Frank astutely sees through this charade at a later point and offers to teach him how to ride a bike. Grover is of course terrified but gets it, and masters the skill just in time to follow Rosie to Farmer Finn's to get a free kitten.The artwork is only okay in this book -- could someone explain to me by the way why every character in this book wears clothing except for Grover? -- and the story is good albiet kind of predictable. The one gripe I have with the book as a parent is Grover's getting a kitten without consulting his mother and then bringing it home with him without telling her. There is no mention of this in the book of course, and his mother does not say anything about it, but I for one don't think it is a terrific idea to be presenting this kind of thing as normal and something that happens regularly without consequences. But this is a minor quibble.Overall this book is good but far from Elliott's -- the strongest writer in this series -- best work. Check out Grover Goes to School for the best he has to offer.

This is the best book in the whole entire world!!!!!

Two Wheels for Grover is the best book in all time. Our Dad reads it to us every single night. We love it and are 14, 11, and 7. Hooray for Two Wheels for Grover!!!