Copyright © 1964 by Stanley and Janice Berenstain.
Copyright renewed 1992 by Stanley and Janice Berenstain.
Cover art copyright © 2003 by Berenstain Enterprises, Inc.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in New York by Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

This title was originally cataloged by the Library of Congress as follows:
Berenstain, Stanley. The bike lesson, by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
[New York] Beginner Books [1964] 61 p. col. illus. 24 cm. “B-36.”
I. Berenstain, Janice, joint author. II. Title. PZ8.3.B4495Bi 64-11460
eISBN: 978-0-375-98327-6

v3.1

Come here, Small Bear.

Here is something

you will like.

Look, Ma, look!

A brand-new bike.

Thanks, Dad! Thanks!

For me, you say?

I am going to ride it

right away!

Not yet, not yet,

not yet, my son …

First come the lessons,

then the fun.

How to get on is

lesson one.

Lesson one?

Is that lesson one?

Yes. That is what

you should not do.

So let that be a

lesson to you.

Yes it was, Dad.

Now I see.

That was a very good

lesson for me.

Dad! Where are you going?

You showed me how.

Why don’t you let me

ride it now?

Not yet. Not yet.

Before you do

I’ll have to give you

lesson two.

Just watch, Small Bear.

Just watch your Pop.

Lesson two is

how to stop.

A very good lesson.

Thank you, Pop.

May I ride it now

that you showed me how?

May I?

May I ride it now?

Not yet. Not yet.

You have more to learn.

I’ll have to show you

how to turn.

Just watch me …

This is lesson

number three.

Wow! What a lesson!

That number three!

That may be a little

too hard for me.

This is what

you must never do.

Now let this be

a lesson to you.

It surely was, Dad!

Now I see.

That was a very good

lesson for me.

When I get you down

may I ride it then?

May I? May I?

Just say when.

Wait, my son.

You must learn some more.

I have yet to teach

you lesson four.

When you come to a puddle

what will you do?

Will you go around

or ride right through?

It’s not so good

to ride right through.

You’re right, Dad.

I can clearly see

why that lesson

was good for me.

When I get you out,

may I ride it then?

Please, Dad …

Will you tell me when?

Of course. You may ride it.

You can. You will.

 …  After lesson five.

How to go down hill.

Wow! What a lesson!

That looks hard,

going down hill

through a chicken yard.

Dad, please tell me … will I
ever get to ride it?

Or will I just keep
running beside it?

Will I?

Will I?

Will I?

When?

Pretty soon, Son.

But not just yet.

There is still one lesson

you have to get.

Lesson six is

the hardest yet.

To be a good rider,

to really know how,

you will have to learn

about safety now.

To be safe, Small Bear,

when you ride a bike,

you can not just take

any road you like.

Before you take one

you must know  …

 …  where that road

is going to go.

See?

This is what

you should not do.

Now let this be

a lesson to you.

It surely was, Dad.

Now I see.

That was another good

lesson for me.

May I ride it now?

May I ride it now?

After one more lesson.

It will be the last.

There is one more thing.

I can teach it fast.

When I ride on a road

I take great pride

in always riding

on the right hand side.

But, Dad!

Are you riding

on the right hand side?

I guess I know

my hands, Small Bear.

My right is here.

My left is there.

Or am I wrong?

Now could that be?

Left hand…? Right hand…?

Let me see …

Left hand on the

left hand side …

Right hand on the

right hand side.

Thank you, Pop!

You showed me how.

But, please

please

PLEASE

may I ride it now?

Look, Ma!

Now I can ride it!

See!

lessons for me.