Cover illustration for Wild Blue, showing a child and bicycle between two trees. The shadow of the bike is shown as a horse.
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Laura Hughes, Illustration for Wild Blue, by Dashka Slater (Candlewick). © 2023 Laura Hughes.

Special Storytime: Dashka Slater

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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?

Join award-winning author Dashka Slater as she reads from her book, Wild Blue, with illustrations by Laura Hughes. This 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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Who You'll Meet
Author Dashka Slater

Dashka Slater

Best-selling 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 eleven books of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults.
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