The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle

by Keith Negley

A story of pluck and determination inspired by the real events of 1815-17, when a young man named Karl Drais invented the very first bicycle.

Before there were trains, or cars, or planes, people rode horses to travel from place to place.

Then came the Year without a Summer, when a cloud of volcanic ash blocked the sun and crops withered across half the world. With no oats to eat, horses grew too weak to walk. Everyone...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006311982X
• ISBN13: 9780063119826
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
• Length: 40 Pages
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3