I’m sure I’ll be blogging about this one again closer to it’s 2014 publication date, but for now I’ll say that it is a kidlit geek’s must-read. You see, it arrived (courtesy of the publisher see the disclaimer below) just after I’d finished reading an advance copy of Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature by Betsy Bird, Julie Danielson, and Peter Sieruta. There might be something in the timing of my discovery of this picture book. Wild reaches right for a truth that might not seem terribly kid-friendly–that some things cannot be tamed–and makes a story that will almost certainly get kids thinking. Maurice Sendak’s books might have been full of the fantastic, but there was a level of truth to them that not every book even tries to reach. The 100 Scope Notes review called it “Sendak-ian,” and I couldn’t agree more. There was just something about Wild by Emily Hughes that made it stand out in the sea of picture books that I see or read about. I was all set to write about a proper adult nonfiction titles as my November Book Pick when a package arrived at my door that set aside my well laid plans for something completely different.
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