Tillie The Terrible Swede: How One Woman, A Sewing Needle, And A Bicycle Changed History (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
During the late 1800s, “bicycles aren’t for ladies,” was all Tilly was told when she asked to ride one. Prone to give up on a dream, she decided to secretly teach herself to ride! Falling in love with cycling, Tillie knew she could not ride fast in a dress. She pulled out her needle and thread and created a new, shocking skin tight biking suit. What will her mother and friends think especially when Tillie is determined to enter bicycle races?Though this is a biography picture book, it is fun, informative, and entertaining for adults too! I LOVED it! This is another picture book that falls into the biography genre. I choose to read this book because it is about a women. It is important that we include literary works in our classrooms that have women as the main characters so the girls in our classroom have another reason to relate to literature. This is the story of Tillie Anderson who through cycling opened up doors for women in the lat 1800's. The art is very simple, and not that attractive. At the end of the story is a timeline of Tillie's accomplishments which I found to be very informative. It shows that over a few short years Tillie set many records and won many races. Would I use this book in my classroom? Not as part of a unit, but I would have it available for students to use during SSR time.
What do You think about Tillie The Terrible Swede: How One Woman, A Sewing Needle, And A Bicycle Changed History (2011)?
An inspiring tale of a real female athlete in the late 1800s
—CrystalMae
I am now on a mission to read more about these ladies :)
—goneaway
