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Bicycling
Timo Parvela is the number one children’s
author in Finland. His books are sold to the Moon
worldwide and have been adapted for film,
TV, and theatre. He has won numerous
awards and twice been shortlisted for the Timo Parvela
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Illustrated by Virpi Talvitie
Purdy steered and Barker sat on the rack.
Virpi Talvitie is one of Finland’s most Purdy the cat and Barker the dog live together Faster and faster they sped. The dark lake
prestigious illustrators. She has received approached at a furious pace. Up ahead,
many awards and distinctions, including in a sky-blue house on top of a hill. Barker the silver path gleamed like a runway.
the Finlandia Junior Prize. likes to potter in the garden. But Purdy has big When they hit the shoreline, the bicycle
dreams. One day Purdy decides that if he could took off. It glided up the silver path
towards the moon that shone above.
just get a bicycle and ride it to the moon, he will The bike rose and rose…
Bicycling to the Moon Timo Parvela
come back as the happiest cat in the world, and
never want anything else again. Never, ever.
ISBN 978-1-776570-32-4
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