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Books like Trying

If you loved Trying by Kobi Yamada, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in New Experience, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Emotions & Feelings, and Social Themes.

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Top related books to Trying

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

What Do You Do with an Idea? — Kobi Yamada

What Do You Do with an Idea?

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark — Jill Tomlinson

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

The Koala who Could — Rachel Bright

The Koala who Could

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Jekyll’s Bad Mood — Jen Arena

Jekyll’s Bad Mood

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Little Yellow Bus — Erin Guendelsberger

Little Yellow Bus

Erin Guendelsberger

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Experiences Matter: Elephant Has a Brother — Sue Graves

Experiences Matter: Elephant Has a Brother

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Only Only Marisol Rainey — Erin Entrada Kelly

Only Only Marisol Rainey

Erin Entrada Kelly

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

The Girl who Never Made Mistakes — Mark Pett

The Girl who Never Made Mistakes

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

What Would You Do in a Book about You? — Jean Reidy

What Would You Do in a Book about You?

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Still Sal — Kevin Henkes

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Balance Beam Boss — Jake Maddox

Balance Beam Boss

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Five Things about Ava Andrews — Margaret Dilloway

Five Things about Ava Andrews

Margaret Dilloway

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

All the Ways to be Smart — Davina Bell

All the Ways to be Smart

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Seraphina Does Everything! — Melissa Gratias

Seraphina Does Everything!

Melissa Gratias

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Worry! — Michael Buxton

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great! — Sandra Boynton

Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great!

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow — Alexander Stadler

Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow

Alexander Stadler

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready! — Raphael Warnock

Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready!

Raphael Warnock

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

What are Your Words? A Book about Pronouns — Katherine Locke

What are Your Words? A Book about Pronouns

Katherine Locke

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Sometimes I Am Worried — Campbell Books

Sometimes I Am Worried

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

I’m Terrified of Bath Time — Simon Rich

I’m Terrified of Bath Time

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

The Octonauts Explore the Great Big Ocean — Meomi

The Octonauts Explore the Great Big Ocean

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

How to Disappear Completely — Ali Standish

How to Disappear Completely

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Nora and the Worry Zoot — Dr. Jennifer Gordon

Nora and the Worry Zoot

Dr. Jennifer Gordon

Themes: New Experience • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Trying by Kobi Yamada. Connected by New Experience, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Emotions & Feelings. Authors featured include Kobi Yamada, Jill Tomlinson, Rachel Bright, Jen Arena, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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What You Do Matters Boxed Set — Featuring All Three New York Times Bestsellers (What Do You Do with an Idea?, What Do You Do with a Problem?, and What Do You Do with a Chance?) — Kobi Yamada

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