Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face
by
Larissa Theule
illustrated by
Kelsey Garrity-Riley
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Abrams
Imprint
Abrams
ISBN
9781419734120
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In 1896, it was thought that girls would get bulged eyes and permanently closed-up jaws from the strain of trying to balance on bicycles. But Louisa Belinda Bellflower noted that her brother didn’t have “bicycle face,” so why would she?
Further information about bicycle face and women’s rights and freedoms. Historical reproductions and photographs. Full-color illustrations.
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Details
Format
Page Count
32
Trim Size
8 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Dewey
E
AR
2.7: points 0.5
Lexile
550L
Genre
Fiction
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Apr 2019
Book Genres
Topics
Bicycles and bicycling. Gender roles. Brothers and sisters. Family life. Rochester, New York. Nineteenth-century US history.
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