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In Grandpa's Surprise, Stanley is very jealous of Jack's new bike-but Jack won't let him have a ride on it! Grandpa sees how upset Stanley is and decides to cheer him up with a special surprise: a homemade go-kart! Now will Stanley let Jack take a turn?

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Burleigh hits the road with this lively look at a busy day in the life of a big-city bicycle messenger. Just after sunup, Calvin Curbhopper leaves his studio apartment with his yellow bike hoisted onto his shoulder ("Sun, wind, rain, snow,/ Messenger, messenger, gotta go"). By eight a.m., he's made his first delivery and embarked on a frenzied routine of carrying urgent business packages through traffic, tunnels, parking lots and dangerous neighborhoods, even eating his lunch on two wheels. He doesn't slow down until after nightfall, when he rides home, away from the glittering lights ("And then at last it's time to go,/ Calvin Curbhopper, takin' it slow").

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Arthur's little sister D.W. has gotten a two-wheeler and thinks she's ready for the Tour-de-France. However, training wheels are in order at least until she learns where the brakes are. Arthur takes her out and teaches her the basics plus some safety rules, and soon the training wheels are ready to come off.

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This early chapter book gently reinforces the credo that "with freedom comes responsibility"--even in the middle of summer vacation. Lawrence and Brady love to spend their days riding and doing bicycle stunts. Luckily the boys have befriended the kindly Bicycle Man who fixes up the vehicles and loans them out to neighborhood children--as long as they follow the rules: "Sign a bike out and sign a bike in. And if it breaks while you have it, you fix it." But when a ragamuffin boy signs out the best bike under the name "Abrehemstet Lincoln" and doesn't return it, Lawrence and Brady aim to teach him some respect. Bunting's text is a bit short on action, though her characters' personalities shine.

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Small girl yearns for and gets bike, takes a few days to find her balance (with the help of a neighbor boy, apparently hired by her dad), six days after her birthday has done ``nearly six feet'' on her own--but after four more days is off on an independent outing. She takes a tumble going downhill (kindly old Mr. Volk, who sees her fall, bandages her bleeding knee), but the pain doesn't matter: Annie can ride now. The author relates the familiar scenario in irregularly rhyming free-form verse whose cadence artfully reflects Annie's shaky start and her exhilaration when she finally soars free.

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Maurice is determined to win the annual bicycle race. He gets his lucky helmet and trusty, old "Red Lightning," and rushes to the starting line. Despite the taunts of another racer, "Hope you're ready to lose on that old clunker," the crowd cheers "Go-Go-Go!" and Maurice takes off. A turtle in his path forces him to slam on his brakes, lose control of his bike, and pedal off the course. He wheels through a zoo, through the sky holding a big bunch of balloons, and under water through a pond. While racing toward the finish line, the bully continues to sneer and mock Maurice's attempts to get back on track. In the meantime, the intrepid biker has picked up a turtle, an elephant, a monkey, and a tuba player. With a stroke of luck, they sail over their opponents straight across the finish line.

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Thrilled with his shiny new bike, Chris eagerly pushes off on his inaugural journey. Coasting toward his grandmother's roses, he tries to use the pedals to break, but he's out of control. So begins this rip-roaring ride through woods, streams, and parade-packed streets, collecting passengers and cargo along the way. With a spider, bear, pig, trout, and tuba in tow, the boy careens his way through the countryside leaving chaos in his wake. Finally, when he gets a handle on the brakes, he comes to an abrupt halt, tossing all passengers back to their respective homes.

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This sequel to Too Much presents more misadventures of Little Duck. On alternate spreads, the energetic fellow looks as though he's perfectly under control, but a turn of the page shows this isn't the case. Slow uphill pedaling is followed by a feather-raising downhill run; a leisurely ride through the cornfield ends in chaos; and a peaceful trip over a footbridge turns into a flight through the air when Little Duck tries to avoid hitting a turtle. Finally, the spunky duck abandons his bike and dives into the water--much safer terrain for a calamity-prone duckling.

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A little girl wants to visit her father AND she wants to learn to ride her bicycle, which seems to her the perfect reason to persuade him to help her learn. She has all the trouble with balancing and speed control that every learner remembers – but at last she is whipping down the path in the park screaming: “It’s all right – you can let go now.” But Dad sees his daughter speeding away and he wonders: will she really come back to him?

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Bullies tease Nona about her broken-down bicycle. After her parents refuse to buy her a shiny new Deluxe Red Racer, she decides that if she can lose or wreck her old bike, they will have to give in. This "wicked thought" leads her to throw the bike in the dump, push it off a pier, and abandon it on railroad tracks. The first two times, neighbors rescue it, much to Nona's dismay. Then her parents surprise her with all the parts needed to refurbish her bike, and she races to the station herself. At the end, the "new" bike looks just like the one of her dreams.

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In this adventure, the rabbit is riding his bicycle when he runs into a rock and dislodges one of the wheels. As he looks for it, he meets Squirrel, Badger, and Tortoise. All have been knocked down or distressed by something "whizzing" by. The three innocent victims of mild mayhem follow a trail that resembles a tidy, but wayward ribbon of chocolate toothpaste, and discover that their mishaps have been caused by the errant wheel. The others brand the bunny "Reckless Rider," but he escapes their wrath by riding off on his freshly repaired bicycle.