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Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike Hardcover – Picture Book, February 14, 2023

by Dashka Slater (Author), Laura Hughes (Illustrator)
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In a charming take on a milestone moment, a young girl summons a cowpoke’s courage to tame her intimidating new bicycle.


Kayla loves riding her pink pony, a three-wheeled bike, up and down the street, day after day. But then Daddy announces that it’s time for a big-kid bike, one with just two wheels. At the store, Kayla selects her mount, but when she tries to ride it, she is thrown—again and again. Can she tame this intimidating set of wheels? Or is the new blue bike just too wild? Tender and relatable, Wild Blue captures the emotions of moving up in the world through an endearing character with a boundless imagination. Despite falls, bumps, and bruises, Kayla takes her time learning the ropes, until she finally has the confidence to let go of her fear, climb back on, and ride again. Her story will delight and reassure readers transitioning from trikes or training wheels and inspire them to manage setbacks with patience and creativity.
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    3 - 7 years
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 2
  5. Dimensions
    11 x 0.36 x 9.56 inches
  6. Publisher
    Candlewick
  7. Publication date
    February 14, 2023
  8. ISBN-10
    1536215678
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1536215670
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new experience; creativity; patience; confidence; learning to ride a bike; courage; milestones
new experience; creativity; patience; confidence; learning to ride a bike; courage; milestones

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Slater does an excellent job inhabiting that space between imagination and real life that allows two things to be true: Wild Blue can be simultaneously a horse and a bicycle. Hughes’s soft acrylic-ink illustrations capture that space as well: we sometimes see Kayla in a cowboy hat in the company of a large horse, and at other times in a bicycle helmet with her bike. Readers will appreciate Kayla’s commitment to her imaginative life, along with Slater’s twist on the familiar learning-to-ride-a-bike story.
—The Horn Book

A quiet story, this may help young readers who are similarly transitioning their two-wheeled steeds or prepare them for the experience of doing so. . . A new tale with a classic feel that will buoy many young riders.
—Kirkus Reviews

Through the extended metaphor of taming a wild stallion, an imaginative child describes learning to ride a new bike in this warmly encouraging story. . . aptly captures the thrilling triumph of learning to ride.
—Publishers Weekly

Kayla’s “pink pony” (a bike with training wheels) is too small for her now, and it’s time to put it “out to pasture” and find a more suitable steed. Kayla “wrangles” a ride she dubs Wild Blue at the bike shop, but the bike is a huge adjustment from her old one. . . Viewers taking on a daunting new skill may relate to and benefit from Kayla’s imaginative methods.
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

This picture book, in which a girl trades in her training wheels for a daunting two-wheeler, is a subtle but effective demonstration of how exposure therapy can conquer fear. . . . The acrylic-ink illustrations and sunset hues brilliantly enhance the Old West metaphor, as the landscape shifts incrementally from urban to rural. . . a great example of step-by-step learning.
—Booklist

In this understanding picture book by Dashka Slater, we meet a young girl who imagines that her low-slung kiddie bike is a pink pony. . . . There’s a beguiling fluidity in the illustrations (see below) that allows us to see the child’s surroundings both as they are and as her fancy perceives them. . . . Readers ages 3-6 who are nervous about taming their own big-kid bikes will find a heroine to cheer in this heartening and humorous tale.
—The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

Dashka Slater is an award-winning journalist who writes for such publications as the New York Times Magazine and Mother Jones. The author of many books of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults, she lives in Oakland, California.

Laura Hughes is the award-winning illustrator of Good Night Tiger by Timothy Knapman and many other books for children. Her work is also featured on greeting cards, wrapping paper, and stationery. She lives in Hastings, England.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Candlewick (February 14, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1536215678
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1536215670
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 0.36 x 9.56 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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New York Times-bestselling author Dashka Slater has been telling stories since she could talk. An award-winning journalist who writes for such publications as The New York Times Magazine and Mother Jones, she is also the author of fifteen books of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and has won many awards, including the Wanda Gág Read Aloud Award.

Dashka’s true crime narrative, The 57 Bus, has received numerous accolades, including the 2018 Stonewall Book Award from the American Library Association, the 2018 Beatty Award from the California Library Association, the California Book Award Gold Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. It was a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and an LA Times Book Award Finalist, in addition to receiving four starred reviews and being named to more than 20 separate lists of the year’s best books, including ones compiled by the Washington Post, the New York Public Library, and School Library Journal. In 2021, The 57 Bus was named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time.

The recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Dashka teaches at Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She has spent most of her adult life in Oakland, California, where she is always working on far too many writing projects.

Learn more at www.dashkaslater.com.

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acmumford
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulously fun
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024
This book has it all: bike riding, big imaginations, and believing in yourself. A worthy ready for everyone!
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Margaret Lea
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book about not giving up
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2023
Another great book by Dashka Slater! I love the story— learning to ride a big bike is hard, but the little girl doesn’t give up. And the illustrations are so cute!
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Panda Incognito
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2023
This picture book explores a little girl's experience learning how to ride a bike without training wheels. The girl names the bike Wild Blue and pretends that it's a horse, and this creates both a wonderful analogy and a beautiful tribute to imaginative play. The illustrations vary between showing the bike as a bike or a horse, and as you can see on the cover, the bike often casts a horse's shadow. This is very clever and fun, and the ending is perfect! I love this.
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