Lotta's Bike Quotes

“Lotta is quite confident that she knows how to ride a bike, but unlike her older brother and sister, she doesn’t have one.”

“On her fifth birthday, Lotta gets a picture book, a swing, and a shiny red handbag -- but no bicycle. ”

“However, Lotta’s neighbor Mrs. Berg keeps a bicycle in her shed, and she takes long afternoon naps. ”

“Lotta decides to act on her own. But that’s when she discovers that not all bicycles, stolen or otherwise, are equally easy to ride!”

“What a brave and determined little girl. Sure, now she expresses herself by crying and stealing (I’m sure it was justified in her mind that the bike wasn’t getting used anyway).”

“The determined Lotta’s many scrapes and her charming small-town surroundings are portrayed with a great deal of sympathetic detail.”

″ But she’s just turned five, after all! And it is her birthday, and she does appreciate all her other presents.”

“I just wonder how she’s going to turn out. She might go diva or bridezilla, but I doubt it.”

“Lotta is a 5 year old who wants to ride a bike like her older siblings. She hatches a plan to ride a bike on her birthday and suffers the consequences.”

“She’ll be strong enough to make her own way, but still as nice as her loving family and as her adopted granny, Mrs. Berg next door.”