Charlie Builds a Better Bicycle
by Rao Marupudi
The basket keeps falling off, so Charlie stops re-fixing and starts re-thinking.
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62 pages
Age range
Ages 6–9
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Values taught
Perseverance
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About this story
Charlie's bike basket keeps falling off. He could keep fixing it the same way, or he could find out why it falls. A story about redesigning instead of repeating, and about asking for help from people who know more.
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