Three months later she signed with an agent. It all started when Bolling, a 29 year educator in Greenwich Schools, published Let’s Dance! in March 2020.

Valerie Bolling with a copy of her new children’s book Together We Ride. Later this month, Bolling’s new book, Together We Ride, will be published. In the two years since publishing her first children’s book, Let’s Dance!, a celebration of dances from around the world and the diverse children who enjoy them, plans for eight books have followed! Talk about sequencing (first, then, next).Valerie Bolling has done it again. crying in one scene, smiling in another). Discuss all of these emotions and how we can tell from her nonverbal communication (e.g. How does the girl feel in the book? She feels proud, sad, hurt, excited, and overjoyed. Together We Ride is also a good opportunity for emotions. Get up from your seat and talk about a “quick stride” versus “slow stride”. After reading the book, review some of the new words such as “stride”. I love this book for language opportunities such as vocabulary growth and sequencing. To check out Valerie’s other books and learn about this inspirational author, click here. This book can be a perfect gift for a Father’s Day!ĭo you want to learn more about Valerie Bolling? Check out my review of Let’s Dance and my podcast with Valerie here. If your child hasn’t learned yet, this book can be a perfect opportunity to talk more about it! I also love the warm and supportive relationship between father and daughter in this book. It also gives the opportunity to recall when your child learned to ride a bike.

The illustrations and text come together as one within this book which makes the book natural as a read-aloud. This book can be a literacy opportunity to target phonemic awareness, print awareness, and rhyming and is ideal for emerging readers. I love how the author, Valerie Bolling highlights keywords throughout the story “quick stride”, “slip”, “slide” and “tossed aside”. Together We Ride is a wonderful story but also an opportunity for literacy and language. There are falls and feelings of doubt, but also feeling of triumph. Learning to ride a bike is an important moment and there are many ups and downs. Together We Ride written by Valerie Bollingand illustrated by Kaylani Juanita is a beautiful book about a young girl learning to ride a bicycle with her father in the park. Together We Ride-Releases Today April 26th, 2022

Together We Ride by Valerie Bolling