''The Patchwork Bike'' is a 2016

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by Maxine Beneba Clarke and illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd.

Plot

A girl who lives at the edge of a "no-go desert" describes the titular bike that she and her brothers made out of found materials.

Publication history

*2016, Australia, Lothian Children's Books *2018, USA,

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Reception

The book was well reviewed, receiving starred reviews in

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ''The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books'' is an academic journal established in 1945 by Frances E. Henne (Graduate Library School, University of Chicago).Wedgeworth, Robert. ''World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services''. Ch ...

The Horn Book Magazine ''The Horn Book Magazine'', founded in Boston in 1924, is the oldest bimonthly magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature. It began as a "suggestive purchase list" prepared by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field, proprietres ...

, Kirkus Reviews,

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

, and

School Library Journal ''School Library Journal'' (''SLJ'') is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with ...

, who also named it to their list of best picture books of 2018.

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

Book Editor Maria Russo called it an "exuberant... Clarke’s poetically compressed language hurtles joyfully along, while Rudd’s illustrations, made on cardboard boxes with spirited swaths of paint, burst with irrepressible life." It has also been reviewed by '' Reading Time'', ''

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'', and ''Magpies''.

Awards

* 2019 ALSC Notable Children's Book * 2019

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are a set of American literary awards conferred by ''The Boston Globe'' and ''The Horn Book Magazine'' annually from 1967. One book is recognized in each of four categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and P ...

winner * 2019

Charlotte Zolotow Award The Charlotte Zolotow Award is an American literary award presented annually for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States during the preceding year. By contrast, the Caldecott Medal is for outstanding illustration in ...

highly commended * 2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Books For Young People - Social Interactions/Relationships * 2019 USBBY Outstanding International Book * 2018 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon * 2018 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature shortlist * 2017 Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book honour * 2017

Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration The CBCA Award for New Illustrator (previously Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration) is one of several awards presented annually by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). The award was originally set up from a legacy made to th ...

winner

References

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