RIDE, ROLL, RUN: TIME FOR FUN! is very similar in text, but this time a group of children are done with school for the summer. A little girl learns with her dad, but the text is as sparse as a poem.

Today we will be talking about her two latest releases: TOGETHER WE RIDE and RIDE, ROLL, RUN: TIME FOR FUN! TOGETHER WE RIDE is a fun take on learning to ride a bike.

You can learn more about her at her website. Valerie and her husband live in Connecticut and enjoy traveling, hiking, reading, going to the theater, and dancing. She currently works as an Instructional Coach and also teaches picture book writing classes. She is a WNDB mentor and deeply immersed in the kidlit writing community, particularly involved with SCBWI, the 12X12 Picture Book Challenge, Black Creators HeadQuarters, and Diverse Verse. Sequels to her 2022 books (TOGETHER WE SWIM and BING, BOP, BAM: TIME TO JAM!) as well as a Scholastic Acorn early reader series, RAINBOW DAYS, are slated for 2023.Ī graduate of Tufts University and Columbia University, Teachers College, Valerie has been an educator for 30 years. RIDE, ROLL, RUN: TIME FOR FUN!, which Kirkus Reviews described as “pure joy,” will be released in October 2022. She is the author of LET’S DANCE!, a 2021 SCBWI Crystal Kite award winner and CT Book Award finalist, and TOGETHER WE RIDE, which has received starred reviews from the Horn Book and School Library Journal. Valerie Bolling has visited my blog before a couple of years ago to talk about her debut picture book. THE JOY OF LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE: Who can forget the first time they learned to ride a bike? This book is a nostalgic nod for parents and one they will be eager to share with their young one learning how to ride.Ī GREAT READ ALOUD: This lyrical, upbeat text is a great fit for story-time in any household.Sometimes an author is lucky and has multiple books coming out very closely together. Learning to ride is no easy feat! But with a little courage, a guiding hand from her dad, and an enthusiastic bark from her pup, one brave girl quickly learns the freedom that comes from an afternoon spent outside on a bike.Įxperience the fear, the anticipation, and the delight of achieving the ultimate milestone in this energetic, warm story that celebrates the precious bond between parent and child. Hair Love meets bike rides in this loving portrait of a father-daughter relationship.

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