I Can Ride It ! #5 Setting Goals

by Shigeo Watanabe, Yasuo Ohtomo (Illustrator)

Bear can ride hs tricycle all by himself, and even his two-wheeler (as long as training wheels are attached to help him balance.) But Bear isn't going to stop there. He lons to swoop around gracefully on a skateboard like his older friends. Can he do it? Welll, almost.

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

His name is written as 渡辺茂男 in Japanese, and translated as 渡邊茂男 in Traditional Chinese.

渡辺茂男は、戦後1950年代後半から2000年初頭にかけ、欧米の優れた児童文学や絵本の翻訳と紹介、平行して童話や絵本の創作を精力的におこなった。翻訳と創作を合計すると、生涯に300冊もの子どもの本を出版した。

Reviews

[Lindsay · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this simple story for a growing up/big and small-themed bilingual story time program. It basically shows (I think) a bear trying out big boy toys, like a bike, and then it shows him riding the version appropriate for his development, like a tricycle.