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Monday, 16 January 2023

Book List: Motorcycles

Rev your engine - here is a fast and furious book list for the little motorcycle and adventure lovers in your life. Compiled by our consultant librarian, Sarah Steed, it includes picture books, junior fiction and middle grade books.


Grandma Z by Daniel Gray-Barnett, Scribble, $24.99, 9781925322156

Motomice by Paul Owen Lewis, Beyond Words, $ vintage, 9781582706603

How To Build A Motorcycle: A Racing Adventure of Mechanics, Teamwork and Friendship by Martin Sodomka, Saskia Lacey, Walter Foster Jr, $19.95, 9781633220577


The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling, #1 in the Ralph Mouse series, HarperCollins, $19.29, 9780380709243

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clark, Van T Rudd, Hachette, $26.99, 9780734416681

Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky, Julie Norstad, PRH, US$17.99, 9780593116296


Rabbit and the Motorbike by Sarah Jacoby, Kate Hoefler, Chronicle, US$17.99, 9781452170909

Lucky Chuck by Beverly Cleary, J Winslow Higginbottom, William Morrow, $ vintage, 9780688027360

My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, Zeke Pena, PRH, US$17.99, 9780525553410


Bessie the Motorcycle Queen by Charles R Smith Jr, Charlot Kristensen, $38.75, 9781338752472

Marvellous Motorcycles by Tony Mitton, Ant Parker, Kingfisher, US$6.99, 9780753474198

Miss Lupin's Motorbike by Sue Graves, Roger Fereday, Hachette, $ vintage, 9780749679453