Cover of Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World

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

Allan Drummond, illustrated by Allan Drummond

This nonfiction picture book tells how women and children helped lead a social movement that changed Amsterdam into a city where bicycles dominate the roads. It looks back at a time when cycling did not hold that place in Amsterdam and follows the community action that reshaped the city. The illustrated account connects bicycle transportation with civic participation and urban change.

This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.

Book details

Themes
Activism · Community · Government And Civics · History · Transportation
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published
March 28, 2017
Pages
40
ISBN-13
9780374305277
Language
English