Text copyright © 2013 Michelle Mulder
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Mulder, Michelle, 1976-
Pedal it! : how bicycles are changing the world / Michelle Mulder.
(Footprints)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued also in electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4598-0219-3
1. Bicycles--Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Footprints
(Victoria, B.C.)
tl412.m84 2013 - j629.227’2 - c2012-907692-9
First published in the United States, 2013
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012953464
Summary: Bicycles can be used for many things apart from transportation.
Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for
its publishing programs provided by the following agencies:
the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the
Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
Cover images by Getty Images
Back cover photos (top left to right): Michelle Mulder, Kerri Finlayson, Workcycles/Henry Cutler; bottom left to right: Lon & Queta, Samuel Abbott, Hansenn/Dreamstime.com
Design by Teresa Bubela
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