The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2008
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2008 Nominee: Sally Jean, Bicycle QueenWhen she outgrows Flash, her favorite bike and best friend, Sally Jean collects old bicycle parts to make a new bike, and gives Flash to a young friend who is in desperate need of a bigger bike.
Author: Cari Best
Illustrator: Christen Davenier
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: Where did you get your last
bike? What did you do with your old bike? Does your bike have a
name? What do you like about Sally Jean?
- Language arts: Compare to If I Built a Car.
- Writing: Tell a story about how your got your bike or a
adventure on your bike.
- Math: Investigate bicyle prices. Graph the colors of
bicycles owned by the students. Find out about the Tour de France. How
fast can a person go on a bike? How far to they ride?
- Science: Study simple machines–the wheel. Research the
invention of the bicycle.
- Social Studies:
- Drama:
- Cooking/Food:
- Art: Make bicycle safety posters.
- Music: Sing Bicycle
Built for Two.
- Movement: Lay on your back, brace hips with arms, and
bicycle upside down.
- Technology: Make a Kidspiraton picture of things with
wheels.
- Activity: Have a "Bike-a-thon" where kids pledge minutes
to ride bikes to become more fit. Have a reward if they meet their goal.
Related Books
Red Racer by Audrey Wood
Curious George Rides a Bike by H. A. Rey
The Bicycle Book by Gail Gibbons
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
A Crash Course for Molly by Eva Eriksson
Gus and Grandpa and the Two-Wheeled Bike by Claudia Mills
Websites
2008 Nominee Resources