16 must-read animals books like Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater

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

Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

By: Dashka Slater

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In a charming take on a milestone moment, a young girl summons a cowpoke's courage to tame her inti…

If you liked the animals plot in Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen

1. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

By: Mac Barnett , Jon Klassen

4.17

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

With perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and J… read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's Sam and Dave Dig a Hole book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead

2. A Home for Bird

By: Philip C. Stead

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

While out foraging for interesting things, Vernon the toad finds a new friend - a small blue bird w… read more

Similar categories in Philip C. Stead's A Home for Bird book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Big by Vashti Harrison

3. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

Similar categories in Vashti Harrison's Big book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Hot Dog by Doug Salati

4. Hot Dog

By: Doug Salati

4.29

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From a critically acclaimed creator comes this summery picture book featuring an overheated--and ov… read more

Similar categories in Doug Salati's Hot Dog book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) by Christopher Denise

5. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)

By: Christopher Denise

4.51

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

A Caldecott Honor Winner and  New York Times  Bestseller!  A determined Owl builds strength and … read more

Similar categories in Christopher Denise's Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1) book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

6. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

By: Joanna Ho

4.60

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's Eyes that Kiss in the Corners book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
"When Mama tucks me in at night, her eyes tell me I'm a miracle."

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trims on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl."

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

"My eyes crinkle into crescent moons and sparkle like the stars. Gold flecks dance and twirl while stories whirl in their oolong pools, carrying tales of the past and hope for the future."

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl. Big eyes, long lashes. Not me. I have eyes that kiss on the corners and glow …"

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

Cover of If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall

7. If I Was a Horse

By: Sophie Blackall

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In her funniest book yet, two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall captures the astonishing spec… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Blackall's If I Was a Horse book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction
  • horses
  • storytime
Cover of In Every Life by Marla Frazee

8. In Every Life

By: Marla Frazee

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A simple and profound meditation on the many wonders of life from two-time Caldecott Honor recipien… read more

Similar categories in Marla Frazee's In Every Life book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Very Good Hats by Emma Straub

9. Very Good Hats

By: Emma Straub

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The first picture book by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, this joyous and inventive read-aloud wi… read more

Similar categories in Emma Straub's Very Good Hats book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater

10. Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

By: Dashka Slater

4.28

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In a charming take on a milestone moment, a young girl summons a cowpoke's courage to tame her inti… read more

Similar categories in Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • family
  • horses
  • sports
  • storytime
  • bicycles
Cover of Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas by Matt Tavares

11. Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas

By: Matt Tavares

4.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Matt Tavares's sequel to the New York Times best-selling Dasher is a joyful ode to helping others--… read more

Similar categories in Matt Tavares's Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
Cover of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett

12. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?

By: Mac Barnett

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The beloved, multi-award-winning duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen tackle a perennial question. … read more

Similar categories in Mac Barnett's How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford

13. How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book From a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting … read more

Similar categories in Carole Boston Weatherford's How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Just One Flake by Travis Jonker

14. Just One Flake

By: Travis Jonker

4.00

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

Just One Flake is a hilarious celebration of wintertime, curiosity, and outdoor play in this author… read more

Similar categories in Travis Jonker's Just One Flake book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of One Chicken Nugget by Tadgh Bentley

15. One Chicken Nugget

By: Tadgh Bentley

4.06

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the classic folktale "One Grain of Rice," One Chicken Nugget is a monstrously funny new… read more

Similar categories in Tadgh Bentley's One Chicken Nugget book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • storytime
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Sometimes It's Nice to Be Alone by Amy Hest

16. Sometimes It's Nice to Be Alone

By: Amy Hest

3.87

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A celebration of the joy and comfort to be found in alone time and the joy and comfort that a frien… read more

Similar categories in Amy Hest's Sometimes It's Nice to Be Alone book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb

17. Buffalo Fluffalo

By: Bess Kalb

4.16

Format: None pages, None

Introducing a sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than h… read more

Similar categories in Bess Kalb's Buffalo Fluffalo book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld

18. Beneath

By: Cori Doerrfeld

4.42

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

In this stunning story from New York Times bestselling creator Cori Doerrfeld, a child and their gr… read more

Similar categories in Cori Doerrfeld's Beneath book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin

19. Once Upon a Book

By: Grace Lin

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern fol… read more

Similar categories in Grace Lin's Once Upon a Book book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Pig the Monster (Pig the Pug) by Aaron Blabey

20. Pig the Monster (Pig the Pug)

By: Aaron Blabey

3.93

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Pig the Pug celebrates Halloween in this picture book from #1 New York Times bestselling author-ill… read more

Similar categories in Aaron Blabey's Pig the Monster (Pig the Pug) book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Sleepy Sheepy by Lucy Ruth Cummins

21. Sleepy Sheepy

By: Lucy Ruth Cummins

3.72

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and Pete Oswald, New York Times bestselling illu… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Ruth Cummins's Sleepy Sheepy book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Watch Out for the Lion! by Brooke Hartman

22. Watch Out for the Lion!

By: Brooke Hartman

4.13

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Readers beware―there’s a ferocious lion in this book! The book warns that it has seen the lion alre… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Hartman's Watch Out for the Lion! book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) by Katherine Applegate

23. Dogtown (Dogtown, #1)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Dogtown (Dogtown, #1) book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Stickler Loves the World (A Stickler Story) by Lane Smith

24. Stickler Loves the World (A Stickler Story)

By: Lane Smith

4.18

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author/illustrator Lane Smith comes Stickler, a woodland creature who reminds us… read more

Similar categories in Lane Smith's Stickler Loves the World (A Stickler Story) book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of A Way with Wild Things by Larissa Theule

25. A Way with Wild Things

By: Larissa Theule

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Poppy Ann Fields loves bugs and feels more comfortable outdoors than with other people until a spec… read more

Similar categories in Larissa Theule's A Way with Wild Things book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • family
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel

26. Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

By: Breanna J. McDaniel

4.41

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

From an award-winning author and illustrator comes this picture book biography about beloved librar… read more

Similar categories in Breanna J. McDaniel's Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Angela's Glacier by Jordan   Scott

27. Angela's Glacier

By: Jordan Scott

3.80

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Award-winning author Jordan Scott’s luminously-illustrated love story of a girl growing up in the s… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Scott's Angela's Glacier book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Built to Last by Minh Lê

28. Built to Last

By: Minh Lê

4.21

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Meet two friends who think they're building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they… read more

Similar categories in Minh Lê's Built to Last book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

29. The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Readers will be rooting for a happy ending for Hank in Newbery-Honor-winner Gennifer Choldenko’s gr… read more

Similar categories in Gennifer Choldenko's The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • family
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Yellow Bus by Loren Long

30. The Yellow Bus

By: Loren Long

4.36

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Love and Hello, Lighthouse , The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Loren Long's The Yellow Bus book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • storytime
Cover of When You Have to Wait by Melanie Conklin

31. When You Have to Wait

By: Melanie Conklin

4.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

A mindful, gentle picture book about patience and learning to find beauty in the act of waiting. S… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Conklin's When You Have to Wait book and Dashka Slater's Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • storytime

28 Best fiction books like Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater

Transform Your Habits

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

Mac Barnett , Jon Klassen

4.17

Transform Your Habits

A Home for Bird

Philip C. Stead

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Big

Vashti Harrison

4.66

Transform Your Habits

Hot Dog

Doug Salati

4.29

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18 Top fiction books like The Yellow Bus by Loren Long

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Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Kate DiCamillo

4.37

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Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten

Michelle Knudsen

4.43

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I Lived Inside a Whale

Xin Li

4.35

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The Last Zookeeper

Aaron Becker

4.24

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