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Let's Go Outside & Cycle!

Let these titles available at SFPL inspire you to go outside and ride bicycles in honor of Bike Month (May) and World Bicycling Day (June 3rd) ... though every day is a great day for a ride!

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  • Different animals have different perspectives as they approach the same bike. Discover just how far our perspective - and one bike - can take you.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, 2025. — jPS GILL
  • Today is Bike's first day on the job as a community bicycle. She's parked on the street and ready to go. But what if nobody wants to ride her?
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — jPS JENK
  • Tricycles have three wheels and training bikes have four, but what this little boy wants most of all is a bike with two wheels! (Also available as audiobook)
    Book, 2024Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — jPS GIBB
  • Frank and Bert

    the One Where Bert Learns to Ride a Bike

    Naylor-Ballesteros, Chris,
    A hilarious adventure of fox and bear as bear learns to ride a bike.
    Book, 2024Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow, 2024. — jPS NAYL
  • Wild Blue

    Taming a Big-kid Bike

    Slater, Dashka
    Kayla experiences the emotions and determination of learning to ride a big-kid bike and moving up in the world.
    Book, 2023Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2023. — jPS SLAT
  • Biking With Grandma

    a "wish You Were Here" Adventure

    Santella, Chris
    Grandma Rose teaches Sam to be brave and embrace new experiences both on a bike and in life.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Abrams, 2022. — jPS SANT
  • On a sunny day, a girl and her father take on learning to ride a bike.
    Book, 2022San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2022] — jPS BOLL
  • Over 100 years ago, Major Taylor broke records in his teens and was the first African American world champion in cycling.
    Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — jB TAYL
  • Ace has prepared her mountain bike for the big bike race, but something unexpected happens on the big day.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Scholastic, Incorporated, 2022. — jR BRIM
  • For those just entering the world of cycling, here are all the basics: how to choose a bike, basic maintenance, cycling techniques, and next level cycling (competitions and training), alonside facts and trivia about the unusual habits of famous…
    Book, 2021London : Cicada Books, 2021. — j629.2272 DRIN
  • Bartali's Bicycle

    the True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero

    Hoyt, Megan
    The inspiring, true story of Gino Bartali--beloved award-winning Italian cyclist, humble man, and secret champion in the fight for human rights during WWII and the Holocaust.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, 2021. — jB BART
  • Every day, a little girl rides to school on the back of her father's bike, with arms spread like wings and singing her birdsong for all to hear.
    Book, 2021Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2021. — jPS LIM
  • Discover the acrobatic abilities of lightweight motorcycles, the masters of motocross racing!
    Book, 2020North Mankato, MN : Rourke Educational Media, 2020. — j629.2275 SPRO
  • Trike worries that Bike won't know how to take care of Lulu, as she moves to the next stage. Bike won't listen, and challenges Trike to a race. It s ON!
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2020. — jPS VERD
  • All the vehicles, except for the bicycle, get stuck in traffic, as the cyclist merrily rides along to a party.
    Book, 2019New York : Holiday House, [2019] — jR FERR
  • After an argument, one friend bikes away, through the city and then countryside until tensions melt away.
    Book, 2018Grand Rapids : Eerdmans Books, [2018] — jPS AKVE
  • When you live in a village at the edge of the desert, you know how to make your own fun - and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items.
    Book, 2018Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2018], c2016. — jPS CLAR
  • The first in an imaginative series about two girls that spend the day cycling through the forest.
    Book, 2016New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2016. — jPS DOI
  • Pedal Power

    How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World

    Drummond, Allan
    The illustrated story of how Amsterdam became the biking capital of the world.
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [2016] — j388.3472 DRUM