2025 Bike to Books Winners

Winner: Pre-K - 2nd Grade - "Kitties on a Bike" by Lettie Wainwright, Sellwood-Moreland Library

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View full size image of Winning Bike to Books design for the Pre-K - 2nd Grade category is a colorful bike with four cats drawn sitting or laying on the bike. Titled "Kitties on a Bike", by Lettie Wainwright.

Find "Kitties on a Bike" on SE 19th Avenue and Bidwell Street. 

Design will fade and disappear over time due to wear and tear on our streets.

View full size image of A colorful sharrow designed by a Pre-K - 2nd grader shows four different colored cats hanging out a colorful bike installed on a Neighborhood Greenway in the Sellwood neighborhood.

Winner: 3rd - 6th Grade - "Penguins in Portland" by Sorrel Brown, Sellwood-Moreland Library

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View full size image of Winning Bike to Books design for the 3rd - 6th Grade category is a blue and yellow bike with a penguin riding it, holding a red umbrella as rain falls down. Three penguins are stacked one on top of another; the top one holds a purple and yellow umbrellaand a stack of books. Titled "Penguins in Portland", by Sorrel Brown.

Find "Penguins in Portland" on SE Umatilla Street, between 11th and 13th Avenues. 

Design will fade and disappear over time due to wear and tear on our streets.

View full size image of A sharrow design created by 3rd-6th grader of a penguin with an umbrella riding a blue bike with orange fish on it and a basket full of books. Three penguins stacked on top of each other, the top one holding books and an umbrella perk behind the bike. This is installed in the Sellwood neighborhood in Portland.

Winner: 7th - 12th Grade - "Bibliobear on Wheels" By Ashley Tran, Gresham Library

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View full size image of Winning Bike to Books design for the 7th - 12th Grade category is a bear dressed in brown pants, a blue sweater, red sneakers, a small hat, and a striped scarf riding a bike. Books are flying out of the bears satchel. Flowers and leaves twist around the bicycle's wheels. Titled "Bibliobear on Wheels" designed by Ashley Tran.

Find "Bilibobear on Wheels" on SE Main Street, between 173rd and 174th Avenues. 

Design will fade and disappear over time due to wear and tear on our streets.

View full size image of A sharrow design created by a 7th to 12th grader of a bear riding a bike with leaves traveling up the wheels of the bike. The bear wears converse shoes, a bookbag over their shoulder, a scarf blowing in the wind, and carries a coffee cup with steam coming out.

Winner: Adult - "Big Pink's Big Pink Bicycle Adventure by Max Friedenwald-Fishman, Northwest Library

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View full size image of Winning Bike to Books design for the Adult category is a cartoon-style drawing of Downtown Portland's Big Pink building wearing a blue helmet and riding a blue and pink bike with a smiling face. A large yellow circle represents the sun in the background. Titled "Big Pink's Big Pink Bicycle Adventure" by Max Friedenwald-Fishman.

Find "Big Pink's Big Pink Bicycle Adventure" installed on NW Pettygrove Street and NW 19th Avenue. 

Design will fade and disappear over time due to wear and tear on our streets.

View full size image of A person holding a blow torch stands over the Big Pink Bike to Books Design and melts the material, binding it to the road.

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