How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2013 · Est. 12 min read-aloud

How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers

Written & illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein

Embark on a whimsical journey to the moon using a bicycle and imagination.

3.6/5 Goodreads · 308 ratings
40 pages· 1,510 words· Est. 12 min read-aloud
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Ever dreamed of cycling to the moon? With a garden hose, slingshot, and spacesuit, embark on a whimsical adventure. Discover how to handle space loneliness, plant sunflowers, and face media frenzy upon return. This imaginative guide turns daydreams into cosmic escapades, offering a playful blueprint for aspiring spacefarers. Will you take the ride?

From the publisher

In this simple, step-by-step instructional picture book, learn how you too can visit the moon on your bicycle! All you need is a very long garden hose, a very large slingshot, a borrowed spacesuit, and a bicycle . . . and plenty of imagination. With tongue firmly in cheek, Caldecott Medal winner Mordicai Gerstein outlines the steps needed in glorious comic book-style panels and a deadpan voice, leaving nothing out: the food you’ll eat, how to deal with loneliness in space, how to water those sunflower seeds once they’re planted–even how to deal with the media attention back home after a successful trip. An inspired work of whimsy, How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers is a spacefaring adventure for daydreamers and a starter kit for the imagination. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
40
Words
1,510
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
NC690L
Themes & topics
Books about journeys and voyagesBooks about the moonBooks about sports and recreationBooks about bicyclesBooks about imagination and play
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.6
F&P level
~P
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
157613
Publication
Published
April 2, 2013
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781596435124

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