I remember a book from my childhood roughly 2nd-5th grade (which would be 1972-75) that had to do with a boy and a bicycle. The only thing I actually remember from the story is the quote, “Go, Spirit of Coolaid, faster boy (ching, ching)!” All of my bikes have been named Spirit of Coolaid! I have recently taken up cycling again, and, you guessed it, my bike’s name is Spirit of Coolaid. I really would like to know what story this phrase came from!
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
There’s a copy of this story in ‘Sounds from a Windy Cliff’ by Bill Martin.
https://archive.org/details/soundsfromwindyc0000mart/page/9/mode/1up?q=%22spirit+of%22+%22faster+boy%22+%22carlyle%22+%22tricycle%22
Publication date 1992
Topics Reading (Primary)
Publisher Allen, Tex. : DLM
A collection of stories, poems, and essays each illustrated by a different artist.
The story is likely reprinted from an earlier ‘Sounds of Language’ book dating to about 1972.
Forgot the story title, ‘The Invisible Mr Teacup’ by Jerry Warner