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Gr 1–3—"Now that he had the bicycle of his dreams, Ben Lukin loved going to school." And what adventures he has en route: tunneling through water pipes, zipping over aqueducts, leaping over a stream bed filled with sharks. Does this sound like a circuitous route to class? You bet it i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Editorial cartoonist Davies puts his wild cartooning imagination to good use in this book about a boy, his bicycle, and a bully. Ben, all scrawny limbs and giant head, rides his bike to school (he's helmetless, but there's a disclaimer note on the copyright page). When he takes the "very, very long way," he travels over bridges, moves past shark-infested waters, an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More