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Charlie would love a bike, but his family cannot afford one. Then he manages to assemble a strange-looking bike from old bits and pieces -- not exactly cool, but full of character. In fact, so full of character that it almost begins to develop a life of its own! This strange bike changes Charlie's life ...
Frank Murphy is a retired school principal, living in Cork. His teaching career, which began in Dublin, took him also to north Wexford, and eventually to Cork city.
He has written stories, non-fiction pieces and poetry in Irish and English. Most of his work has appeared in school books in Ireland and the UK, with some stories also included in anthologies of children's fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.
Celine Kiernan is an Irish author of fantasy novels for young adults. She is best known for The Moorehawke Trilogy. Her fourth book, Into the Grey, won both the CBI Book of the Year Award and the CBI Children's Choice Award in 2012. It won the 2013 Readers' Association of Ireland Award for best book. Born and raised in Dublin, she now lives in Virginia, Co. Cavan.
... a tale of determined ambition and reward.
The Sunday Tribune
The Author Speaks
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Cork author Frank Murphy was asked questions by third class pupils (aged 8-9), in Eglantine Primary School, County Cork, about the inspiration behind Charlie Hart and his Two-wheeled Tiger and its characters, and whether he knows any of them.
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Teaching ideas for third class from O'Brien Reading Programme
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Activity sheet 1: based on pages 7-14
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Activity sheet 10: based on pages 55-66
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Activity sheet 11: based on pages 67-75
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Activity sheet 12: based on pages 76-80
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Activity sheet 13: based on pages 81-92
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Activity sheet 2: questions on pages 15-23
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Activity sheet 3: word puzzle based on pages 15-23
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Activity sheet 4: based on pages 24-32
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Activity sheet 5: paint your own bicycle
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Activity sheet 6: based on pages 33-45
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Activity sheet 7: safe cycling, based on pages 40-45
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Activity sheet 8: based on pages 46-49
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Activity sheet 9: based on pages 50-45