It might be good if you give the Discount Bike Rental a try the address is Nieuwe Nieuwstraat 19. We did not ask them but if you rent a bike from any shop remember to ask them what happens if you get a flat tire and you are far away from the shop? How does it get fixed or is there a way to get reimbursed? Luckily we did not have any problems like a flat tire but it would be good to know the policy. We did end up renting the bikes for the 24 hours and locked them up and did not have any problems, the cost was less than Yellow or Green bike. The bike shop is small but the bikes were very sturdy and comfortable as we rode them from Amsterdam to Holysloot and back using the free ferry. Then on a small alley only a couple of street from the Yellow bike shop we found the Discount Bike shop that had nice bikes and a friendly and knowledgeable guy who rented us our bikes. We looked at Yellow, Green, and several other bike rental shops near Dam square, but the house and price was not what we wanted. If you rent the bike for 24 hours then you have to be responsible for it and lock it on the street and take the chance it may get stolen, even with the bright color and rental logos all over the bikes. Most of the bike rental shops have limited hours for rental such as 1, 3, or 24 hours. This is a good story, and will probably be enjoyed most by children between 10 and 13 years of age.We visited Amsterdam in Aug 2012 and wanted to rent a bike for the day. The ending is improbable, and many aspects of the story unrealistic, but the character of Mellow Yellow makes the book a worthwhile read. Mellow Yellow's gang does not allow smoking, drinking or stealing, so many issues of gang living are excluded from the story altogether, making it suitable for children. Characters fade in and out of the story without much explanation, and you only get a chance to get to know a handful of them. Despite the hardness of the life on the streets, Mellow Yellow's happiness make it light-hearted and fun. Each chapter is only a few pages long and the font is fairly large and bold, making it manageable for new or reluctant readers. Mellow Yellow is a very simple but enjoyable book. That secret proved to be the most wonderful thing that Mess could have hoped for. He promised himself that he would learn to read so that he could find out what secret the paper held. As he said to himself, “Hey, Mellow Yellow, you can't have it all, ou pellie!” All he had were the clothes he wore, including his jersey and an old tobacco tin that held his greatest treasure: a green paper. Life was hard for him and his 'good' gang, but he was happier than he had been for most of his short life. Mess, or Mellow Yellow as he was often called because of the bright yellow jersey he always wore, lived on the streets of Cape Town. Mellow Yellow was the first novel that she wrote for teenagers. Jenny Robson was the first person in history to win four consecutive prizes in the Sanlam Youth Novel Competition, among other awards. Mellow Yellow is the story of a street boy growing up in Cape Town, the city that the author, Jenny Robson, grew up in, and in which the book was published. She hates any form of stereotyping and sees every individual as a “never to be repeated entity.” Her favourite theme in her books is the utter uniqueness of the individual. Jenny loves writing for young people as she admires their spontaneity and lack of hypocrisy. She is widowed and has two adult sons who live in London, UK. Jenny now lives in Maun in Botswana where she still teaches music. She taught music there at Livingstone House for over thirty years. degree in Philosophy.Īfter two years of teaching in Simons Town, she moved to the diamond-mining town of Orapa in Botswana. She studied primary school teaching at the Teaching College in Mowbray and went on to study at the University of South Africa (Unisa) where she obtained her B.A. Jennifer Marion Robson (née Murray) is the first author to ever win four consecutive prizes in the Sanlam Youth Novel Competition for the novels Don’t Panic, Mechanic (1994), One Magic Moment (1996), The Denials of Kow-Ten (1998) and Because Pula Means Rain (2000).
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