Gary the lizard buys his first bike.

Illustrations and brief text evoke a bicycle ride, with its ups and downs, sweeping turns, and vivid views.

Tom tells all about his bicycle, his ride to work past trucks, cars, and even elephants, and his work as a circus performer.

"Learn about riding bikes for fun and exercise."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Gus doesn't want to give up the training wheels on his bike, even for a new five-speed bicycle, until Grandpa helps him learn how to get along without them.

"A nonfiction "biography" of the bicycle, an everyday object that has become ubiquitous, starting with its possible origins after the eruption of Mount Tambora and up through modern bicycles to suit every rider"-- Provided by publisher.

A little boy named Eric rides his bicycle through his village to join his friend Emily for a picnic. As Eric pedals from his house, his trip is slowed as he aids wayward bike riders using helpful items from his backpack. The faster he rides to meet Emily, the more delays he encounters, until he tears off in a burst of speed. The cheers of a crowd surprise Eric; he has won a bike race! But where oh where is Emily?

A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.

Bonnie O'Boy really wants a bicycle, but when she gets one, she forgets to do something that is very important.

A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved, he still does not have enough money.