My Bike

Yesterday was trouble for this aspiring biker. Yesterday meant wobbling, and falling, and stuck pedals, and sitting on the front stoop watching everyone else whiz by. But today is different. ``Today I ride with the wind in my face,'' says a delighted child as he, too, finally soars down the street. First-timer Jakob zeroes in on this milestone childhood event like a pro; she writes in crisp, clean and insightful prose (``Yesterday I thought today would never come''). The book has a particularly appealing design; the rounded typeface swoops and wobbles along with the young rider, and the energetic lines of Davis's gaily colored, humorous scratchboard illustrations sustain the illusion of movement. Ages 4-7. (Apr.)