Samanthas Blue Bicycle

by Valerie Tripp and Brando Skyhorse

Book Overview

In 1904, when ten-year-old Samantha has trouble riding her new bicycle, her grandmother offers a surprising solution. Includes notes on the history of bicycles and bicycling. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584854812
• ISBN13: 9781584854814
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc
• Length: 39 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.7" x 5.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

great american girl short story

History, a great story and an authentic historical craft! Not only that, but just the right size for girl-sized hands. A+++++++ Cannot be beat!

Great book!

This is another in the American Girls Short Stories series about Samantha Parkington, a nine-year-old orphan girl living in the America of 1904. In this book, when Samatha's Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia present her with a beautiful new bicycle, she's overjoyed. However, when her she suffers an accident, she finds her love for the bike turned to fear. She wants to ride the bike, but what can she do? The final chapter of this book is a wonderful look at bicycling in 1904. We found this so entertaining, that we had to share it with the whole family! This is a great book, with very good illustrations, and an excellent lesson. My eleven-year-old daughter and I loved reading it, and we think that you will too!