I Cannot Draw a Bicycle

Award-winning author and illustrator Charise Mericle Harper creates a laugh-out-loud picture book about making something out of nothing and the power of imagination in this companion title to I Cannot Draw a Horse.

The Horse wants a bicycle. A bicycle is hard to draw. The Book cannot draw a bicycle. But the Book can draw shapes.

Can the Horse and the Cat build a bicycle from shapes? Or will their dreams end in pieces?

Featuring the same quirky contemporary voice and kid-friendly comic illustration style as its predecessor, I Cannot Draw a Horse, this children's metafiction book is an art lesson about creativity and determination, wrapped around a humorous narrative. Readers who have enjoyed other fourth wall-breaking books like B.J. Novak's The Book With No Pictures will appreciate the interactive elements in this book for children aged 3 to 8.

Praise for I Cannot Draw a Horse

Creative and loaded with humor, this story will have kids giggling in seconds and trying their hand at drawing a horse or at least a gumdrop. — Booklist (starred review)

Part Ed Emberley, with a dash of Pigeon, and entirely meta. — Kirkus Reviews

Harper's illustrations make so much of so little, using a very limited palette and simple shapes, inviting readers into an artist's notebook. With a little imagination and some paper, 'nothing' can become quite something. — Horn Book Magazine

An easy-to-read text with exclamatory speech bubbles and pictorial antics will tickle funny bones in this off-kilter circular story. — School Library Journal