Annie Cohen Kopchovsky was ready to ride her bicycle.
Not to the market.
Not around the block.
Not across town.
Annie was going to ride her bike all the
way around the world.
In 1894, when two men bet that a woman could never bicycle around the world, as a man had done, Annie set out to prove them wrong, despite not knowing how to ride a bike.
Dressed in a long skirt, she began her journey in Boston. It wasn’t easy, but Annie never gave up. Her adventure brought her enormous attention in every place she visited along the way, and she loved it all. She told many stories - about hunting tigers, dodging bullets, socialising with royalty, and serving time in a Japanese prison - and some of them were probably not true. But she did ride all the way around the world. And she changed the way that world thought about what women were capable of doing.
Filled with captivating illustrations of the incredible globe-spanning journey, this celebratory picture book tells the story of an unsung feminist icon, the marvelous and resilient Annie Cohen Kopchovsky.
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Mary Boone has ridden an elephant, jumped out of an airplane, and hung out backstage with a boy band - all to do research for her articles and books. Mary has written more than 45 books for young readers. She grew up in Iowa and now lives in Tacoma, Wash., with her husband, two teen-age children, and an Airedale terrier named Iris.
More about Mary BooneLisa Anchin is a Brooklyn based writer and illustrator. She holds a handful of degrees, most recently an MFA from the School of Visual Arts' Illustration as Visual Essay program. Lisa lives with her husband, daughter, and studio cats.
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