Just for starters, do not sell their bike. It's a book for parents about how NOT to move their child to a new place.
Hey Pops, how about throwing the bike in the trunk and taking the kid to a park then? Geesh! This is not a kids' book. They say there isn't anywhere for her to ride it at their new apartment. This poor child watches helplessly as her lame parents practically give HER BIKE away for next to nothing. YIKES! This was flipping awful! Yes the art was lovely, but my goodness, what a downer! As far as I can tell, it's about a family who is foreclosing on their home and forcing their child to sell pretty much all of her things for about 50 cents at the world's most depressing yard sale on record, including HER BIKE!!!! which she does NOT want to sell. Bunting has taught writing classes at UCLA. She felt the desire to write about her heritage. A few years later, Bunting enrolled in a community college writing course. In 1958, Bunting moved to the United States with her husband and three children. Maybe I’m a bit of a Shanchie myself, telling stories to anyone who will listen.” This storytelling began as an inspiration for Bunting and continues with her work. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won. Eve Bunting has won several awards for her works.īunting went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Bunting.Īnne Evelyn Bunting, better known as Eve Bunting, is an author with more than 250 books.
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