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Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike Dashka Slater

Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike By Dashka Slater

Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater


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Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike Summary

Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater

In a charming take on a milestone moment, a young girl summons a cowpokes 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 its 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 thrownagain 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.

Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike Reviews

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. Hughess 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 Kaylas commitment to her imaginative life, along with Slaters 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 *
Kaylas pink pony (a bike with training wheels) is too small for her now, and its 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 Kaylas imaginative methods. * The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books *
A child transitions from a three-wheeler to a big-kid bike in this charming celebration of a perennial milestone. . . . A fun picture book for readers making their own big leap and a good choice for early elementary collections. * School Library Journal *

About Dashka Slater

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.

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.

Additional information

NGR9781529510768
9781529510768
1529510767
Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater
New
Hardback
Walker Books Ltd
2024-07-04
32
N/A
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