Customer Reviews

Wild Child

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I loved this book. I loved it even more when I read it to my 9-year-old daughter. We now have to read it over and over again before bedtime. It is such a beautifully illustrated book and the words reflect the sometimes exhausting patience and everlasting love we all have for our children. I cannot wait to read Winter Waits.

I have collected childrens books for many years and this is one of the most beautiful books i have ever come across...each of my daughters love it and I love reading it...the language is beautiful and the illustrations are fantastic.

I have used this book in the classroom with fourth graders to teach the foundations of figurative language (metaphors and simile). Lynn Plourde's descriptive language, combined with Greg Couch's soft illustrations provide a whimsical and vivid story for children of all ages! Wild Child is a lovely book that can be used across the curriculum.

This is a beautifully written tale of the oldest story in the book - a Mama trying to put her "wild child" to bed. In this case it happens to be Mother Earth and her daughter Autumn. With the first reading this book became an instant "old favorite". We've only owned it about a month, but already we have it almost memorized. Every night, before bed, my daughter likes to go through Autumn's whole list of reasons she's not ready for bed, and the routine she and Mother Earth follow to put her to bed. It has become part of my daughter's bed-time routine. The story is very engaging, and terrific for reading aloud. My daughter's favorite part is when the wild child is FINALLY ready for bed, after she has run of excuses "and mother Earth proclaimed, 'Now you ARE ready for bed.!' This time her wild child smiled Yes that wild child, with a wink and a wiggle, and stretch and giggle, hunkered below a blanket of snow. And let out a yawn so loud and so long. Her breaths grew deep as she fell fast alseep."

As if that isn't enough, Greg Crouch's illustrations are uncommonly beautiful, and the perfect compliment to Lynn Plourde's charming tale. I also highly recommend the book WINTER WAITS. Thank you to both the author and illustrator. This book has already brought so much joy into our "reading time" and we anxiously await "SPRING HAS SPRUNG".

My 8 year old and my 3 year old granddaughters both love this book, as do I. It is wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated. We snuggle together with cocoa and read it as we watch the leaves swirl outside. It is a lovely way to introduce the Autumn season to the wee ones. I have already ordered Winter Waits and plan to own the whole set as soon as they are written. These are the kind of books memories are made of.

This lovely story is about mother earth putting autumn to bed for winter. It covers fall foods, weather, sounds, all in an enchanting form of Mother Earth's gift to her child before bed. This is the all time favorite book of my kids and all their friends. And the best part is, I never get tired of reading it!

Absolutely gorgeous! Interesting to the eye of a 2-year-old or a 92-year-old. Beautiful illustrations are matched with calming words. Tongue twister rhymes are fun yet quiet making the perfect bedtime book for even the most active toddler!

I can't express how much my kids love this book, and how much I love reading it to them. The illustrations are lush and beautiful, the prose is fun without losing its relevence to the story, and the content is perfect for raising Pagan children. Great for Autumn, leading to Winter Solstice ...

My 4 year old sons favourite line is "Plumpy Lumpy Pulpy Pumpkins" ... trying saying that 5 times fast!!

This is a book that we first encountered in the public library. We checked it out twice. I decided that this was a book worth owning. The adults in the family appreciated the poetic language and the parallel between the seasons and a child's bedtime, as well as the rich color of the illustrations and imaginative portrayal of Mother Earth. The child in the family enjoys it too. She'll drop quotes from the book from time to time. I think it's a book that she will grow up with and remember fondly.

A beautiful book in a beautiful series. Couch's paints are so full of color and light, they practically radiate off the page. He should be on every illustration-lover's short list of artists to watch.

Dear Publisher, PLEASE keep Couch/Plourde's seasons series in print! Better yet, compile them into a single volume. I need to complete my series!