Pedal Power - How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World

Informationen zum Autor Allan Drummond Klappentext Pedal Power is a nonfiction picture book about the women and children who led the social movement that made Amsterdam the most bike-friendly city in the world! Cycling rules the road in Amsterdam today, but that wasn't always the case. In the 1970's, Amsterdam was so crowded with vehicles that bicyclists could hardly move, but moms and kids relied on their bicycles to get around the city. PEDAL POWER is the story of the people who led protests against the unsafe streets and took over a vehicles-only tunnel on their bikes, showing what a little pedal power could do! Author and illustrator Allan Drummond returns with the story of the people that paved the way for safe biking around the world. Zusammenfassung Today if you visit Amsterdam! you'll see bikes everywhere - they rule the road! But that wasn't always the case. Fifty years ago! Amsterdam was so crowded with vehicles that bicyclists could hardly move. But mums and kids relied on their bikes to get from place to place in the city.

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• Autori: Allan Drummond
• Editore: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 4 a 8 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780374305277
• ISBN: 978-0-374-30527-7
• Dimensioni: 263 mm x 263 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: Green Power
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Altro