The Horn Book Guide

YOUNGER FICTION

Mills, Claudia

Gus and Grandpa and the Two-Wheeled Bike

48 pp. | Farrar | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-374-32821-8 $$13.00

(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Catherine Stock. Anyone who's ever wobbled on the bike path of life will appreciate this latest entry in Mills's Gus and Grandpa series. Once again, it's Grandpa who understands, here about Gus's reluctance to give up the security of training wheels. Mills conveys strong sentiment without a trace of mawkishness, and Stock's illustrations in loose line and watercolor augment the story of this childhood rite of passage expressively.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999