Bibsy Cross and the Bike-a-Thon

by Liz Garton Scanlon, Dung Ho (Illustrator)

Overview

Meet Bibsy Cross, the precocious, regular-pegular eight-year-old who daydreams of winning her library's bike-a-thon fundraiser in the second installment of this charming chapter book series.

Most things are easy-peasy, regular-pegular for Bibsy Cross. She loves her parents, her cat, her best friend, Natia. She loves school and the library. And she loves riding her bike. Sometimes, she pretends it's her chariot.

Bibsy's library is hosting a bike-a-thon to raise money to buy books. And Bibsy is determined to earn the most donations. That way she can WIN the fundraiser!

But has Bibsy been spinning her wheels with the wrong intentions?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593644447
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	06/11/2024
Series:	Bibsy Cross , #2
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	216,954
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.32(d)
Lexile:	830L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Liz Garton Scanlon is the author of nearly 20 beloved picture books, including All the World, which received a Caldecott Honor and which School Library Journal called "perfection" in a starred review. Her other picture books include I Want a Boat! and Thank You, Garden, as well as the upcoming The World's Best Class Plant (May 2023.) Scanlon is on the faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a frequent and popular presenter at schools, festivals and conferences. She lives in Austin, Texas. Bibsy Cross is her first chapter book.

Dung Ho is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture book Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, which was featured in Forbes, Oprah Daily, The Cut, and Book Riot. It also received three starred reviews and was a School Library Journal, Bank Street, and Kirkus Best Book of the Year. Dung also illustrated its companion picture book, Eyes that Speak to the Stars. She studied graphic design at the Hue University College of Arts and then worked in the design and advertising industry before pivoting to illustration. Born and raised in Hue, Vietnam, Dung now lives in Ho Chi Minh City.

Editorial Reviews

★ "A lovable protagonist rides again—and readers win." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

From the Publisher

★ 2024-04-05
Voluble, ambitious Bibsy survives more “sweets-and-sours.”

As readers of Bibsy and the Bad Apple (2024) know, this 8-year-old doesn’t lack self-confidence or persistence. When her beloved library runs a “Bikes for Bucks for Books” fundraiser, her competitiveness ramps up. She may be short on patience and impulse control, but admirably, she also likes doing good and wants “to make the biggest difference [she] can make.” (And she’s gotten sharper at knowing formidable Mrs. Stumper’s limits.) Bibsy’s BFF Natia attempts to put things in perspective, but the lure of prizes naturally throws oil on that fire. A key plot complication is expertly telegraphed and leads to a crisis of confidence for Bibsy. A further unexpected challenge tests Bibsy’s moral character, but after briefly wobbling, she makes a big personal sacrifice and rises to the occasion. Like the first installment, this tale features complex characters who grow a bit, in believable ways. Natia appears once more, and Mina (also from the first book) plays a larger role here. Above all, Bibsy’s setbacks and successes engage us, and her heart is always in the right place. In Ho’s cheery, two-toned art, Bibsy, Mrs. Stumper, and Mina are light-skinned; Natia is Black.

A lovable protagonist rides again—and readers win. (Chapter book. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews