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
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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
Was it a longer book? For some reason, the book The Winged Colt of Casa Mia by Betsy Byars came immediately to mind when I read your request.