{"id":38475,"date":"2021-02-09T00:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T04:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38475"},"modified":"2021-02-09T00:16:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T04:16:48","slug":"review-of-girl-on-a-motorcycle-by-amy-novesky-illustrated-by-julie-morstad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38475","title":{"rendered":"Review of Girl on a Motorcycle, by Amy Novesky, illustrated by Julie Morstad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/girl_on_a_motorcycle_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/girl_on_a_motorcycle_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38941\" \/><\/a><em>Girl on a Motorcycle<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Amy Novesky<br \/>\nillustrated by Julie Morstad<\/p>\n<p>Viking, 2020.  48 pages.<br \/>\nReview written October 6, 2020, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p><em>Girl on a Motorcycle<\/em> is a beautifully illustrated picture book telling the true story of Anne-France Dautheville, a French girl who rode a motorcycle around the world in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Morstad\u2019s illustrations have a retro feel, but they also give a feeling of adventure, wonder, and beauty.  The girl on the motorcycle is small, but she\u2019s determined.<\/p>\n<p>The book shows the many different places she traveled and the many different people she met along the way.  It tells about times when she needed help from strangers and other times when she simply enjoyed the company of strangers.<\/p>\n<p>And it captures the feeling of seeing amazing things and collecting amazing experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The text part (before the Author\u2019s Note) closes with a quote from Anne-France:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The world is beautiful.  The world is good.<\/p>\n<p>When she closes her eyes, the girl can still hear the road.<br \/>\nElsewhere is just a little bit farther.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This book leaves you ready to listen to the call of the road.  I wonder if any children reading it will end up as world travelers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.com\/children\/\">penguin.com\/kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0593116291\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/girl_on_a_motorcycle.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/girl_on_a_motorcycle.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky illustrated by Julie Morstad Viking, 2020. 48 pages. Review written October 6, 2020, from a library book Starred Review Girl on a Motorcycle is a beautifully illustrated picture book telling the true story of Anne-France Dautheville, a French girl who rode a motorcycle around the world in 1973. 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