Fantasy: a bicycle
In this genre, the coming and goings of fairies and trolls and tarantulas and vampires may
However, it is the hilarious anctics of a not-so-ordinary bicycle that have made Frank
It changed his life
In this ‘tale of determined ambition and rewarded', Charlie
Harte really wanted a bike.
His family could not afford to buy one, so when he found a bike
frame lying between two bins, he brought it home and visited the
scrapyard until he had all the makings of a functioning bike.
When the bike was finished, he named it Tiger and then
discovered that he and his bike could communicate with
each other. With Tiger’s help, Charlie set up his own courier
service, and all went well until bicycle thieves moved into
the area.
In the end, though, The Hair and his accomplice were not match
for Charlie Harte and his talking Tiger!
Barbara Heath's study unit
Barbara's
study unit made the National Literacy Strategy fun when her classes at Gorsemoor
Primary School read Charlie Harte.
Contents Gorsemoor’s Ireland project
The story of Charlie Harte and His Two-Wheeled Tiger
The author
Lesson plans | WORKSHEETS
O’Brien activity sheets 1 - 13
Personification
Exploring sentences
Investigating clauses
Asking questions |
O'Brien Press resources: Frank Murphy Charlie Harte