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Stauffacher, Sue

Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History

40 pp. | Knopf | January, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-84442-3 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-94442-0 $20.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy. Swedish immigrant Tillie Anderson fell in love with cycling, seeing the bicycle as a means of mobility and freedom. Placing her accomplishments within historical context, this breezy picture book biography follows Tillie's journey as she starts a physical regime and fashions an outfit of (gasp!) pants. Constant curves in McMenemy's cheery gouache, ink, and paper collage art convey a sense of motion.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2011

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