![]() ![]() Believing they know what is best for her they take her back to live with a couple. Soon our tiny heroine is discovered by animals of her own kind, humans. “One day she met some new animals in the forest… Often the woods are used in children’s stories to represent fear or darkness, but in Wild it’s home and home is a place of love. The forest imagery is lush, green, and inviting. With flowing hair and big happy eyes, she learns from her woodland family. Hughes’ beautiful illustrations take us on a journey of a baby learning how to thrive in the wild. Without skipping a beat the entire forest takes in the small baby and raises her as their own. Hughes, the Hawaiian born artist opens her debut children’s book with the story of a baby girl left in the woods with only animals there to look after her. “No one remembered how she came to the woods, but all new it was right. Instead she celebrates what it means to march to the beat of your own drum. In an inspiring and beautifully illustrated story, author Emily Hughes, doesn’t want to tame your tiny wild child. ![]() It’s a fun and whimsical take on what it means to go against the rules of the “everyday” world. If you have a tiny free spirited child in your home, Wild is the book to delight their imagination. ![]()
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