Wild Child
Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch
ISBN: 0689815522
Read February 6, 2014
Picture Book: Mother Earth, all in rusty greens and rich coppery browns, begins the drawn-out ritual of putting little Wild Child to bed. First a song of fall noises, then a snack of fall harvest fruits, then a nightgown of fall leaves, and finally a lullabye of wintery whispery winds - just in time for a wintery sibling to pop up and declare that she 'can't sleep' as she swirls and dances on the page.
Couch does a lovely job with the artwork, and the poetic rhythmic language is beautiful, but it seems a bit too active to be a fitting bedtime story. Perfect for storytime, and I'm adding it to my collection of fall stories.
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