Ride It! Patch It!: An Acorn Book

Racing Ace #3

by Larry Dane Brimner, Kaylani Juanita (Illustrations)

Ace enters a mountain bike race in this fast-paced, STEM-themed early reader! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! Ace polishes up her mountain bike and prepares for the big bike race! She oils the chain and tests the brakes. Then the race begins! But Ace's bike chain comes off the sprocket and then she needs to patch a tire! Will she be able to fix her bike and find her way to the finish line? With Larry Dane Brimner's simple text and Kaylani Juanita's full-color artwork on every page, this fast-paced, action-packed book is perfect for new readers!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2022

About the author

Larry Dane Brimner is the recipient of the 2018 Robert F. Sibert Award for the most distinguished informational book for children for his title Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961. He is known for his well-researched, innovative, and award-winning nonfiction for young readers, and is the author of multiple acclaimed civil rights titles, including Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights; and Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor.

Reviews

[Morgan Kosciuk]

Ace is in a bike race. Before she begins, she patches her bike. On the race, she encounters setbacks as her bike needs to be fixed. These setbacks lead her to lose the race, but she had fun along the way. 1-2 sentences per page but is relatively long (over 40 pages).

[Kayla Kelly]

While focused on one of Thomas’ favorite subjects, he definitely wasn’t as into this series as Layla and the Bots. The sentence structure is great for beginners, but doesn’t flow as smoothly which I think was one of the drawbacks.

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through Edelweiss.