# Books like Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike

**10** books similar to *Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike* by Dashka Slater (Picture Book · grades K–2), matched on shared themes, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** courage, perseverance, growing up
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## Similar books

- [Knight Owl](https://readinglist.school/book/knight-owl) by Christopher Denise _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of courage and perseverance, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Knight Owl and Early Bird](https://readinglist.school/book/knight-owl-and-early-bird) by Christopher Denise _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of courage and perseverance, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos](https://readinglist.school/book/call-me-roberto) by Nathalie Alonso _(Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of perseverance, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust](https://readinglist.school/book/hidden-hope) by Elisa Boxer _(Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of courage, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Just Like Millie](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-millie) by Lauren Castillo _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of courage, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Yellow Bus](https://readinglist.school/book/the-yellow-bus) by Loren Long _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of growing up, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [A Mischief of Mice](https://readinglist.school/book/a-mischief-of-mice) by Christie Matheson _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2020s).
- [Basket Ball](https://readinglist.school/book/the-undefeated) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades 2–6)_ — Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (2–6), and the same era (2020s).
- [Big](https://readinglist.school/book/big-harrison) by Vashti Harrison _(Grades K–3)_ — Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–3), and the same era (2020s).
- [Blue](https://readinglist.school/book/blue-brew-hammond) by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond _(Grades K–4)_ — Same genre (Picture Book), overlapping grades (K–4), and the same era (2020s).

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