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Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen
Contributor(s): Best, Cari (Author), Davenier, Christine (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374363862     ISBN-13: 9780374363864
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: April 2006
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: With exuberant art that's just the right match for Sally Jean's newfound freedom, this joyous text celebrates growing up, learning new skills, and giving back to the community. Full color.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Cycling
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2004040461
Lexile Measure: 550
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.4" W x 11.6" (1.00 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 105278
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

I can pop a wheelie, I can touch the sky,
I can pedal backwards, I can really fly!

Sally Jean was born to ride. And her bicycle, Flash, is just about her best friend. But one day something terrible - and wonderful - happens. Sally Jean grows. Suddenly she finds herself too big
for Flash. What's a Bicycle Queen to do? Finally, by collecting old bicycle parts to make a new bike - and giving Flash to a young friend who longs for a bigger bike of his own - she rides
again!

With exuberant art that's just the right match for Sally Jean's new found freedom, this joyous text celebrates growing up, learning new skills, and giving back to the community.

Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.


Contributor Bio(s): Best, Cari: - Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and My Three Best Friends and Me, described by the New York Times as "refreshing" and "exciting." Her picture book If I Could Drive, Mama was described by Publishers Weekly as "a wonderful tribute to an imagination in perpetual motion." In the Country of Queens is her first novel. Ms. Best lives in Connecticut.Davenier, Christine: -

As a young girl growing up in Tours, France, Christine Davenier loved listening to her older sister read fairy tales aloud. But she frequently found herself wondering, What does the princess's beautiful dress look like? or How exquisite are her jewels? Christine was left to her own imagination, for the books had few illustrations. So it comes as little surprise that today, Christine embraces her career as an illustrator. "I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to create the illustrations I dreamed about seeing as a child," she says.

When Christine was fourteen, she received her first box of watercolor paints, a gift from her grandmother. That was the beginning of many afternoons spent painting together in her grandmother's garden. "My grandmother was an extraordinary woman," Christine says. "Even though she worked in an office all her life, she was an artist through and through. She shared everything she knew about color--in painting and in life. Her wisdom and talent still inspire me today."

She has illustrated many picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari Best. She lives in Paris, France.