By Katya Balen (author) , Gill Smith (illustrator)
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An uplifting celebration of wildness from a multi-award-winning author and illustrator team, Katya Balen and Gill Smith. A little girl loves playing in the woods and rejoicing in the wildness all around her. She sees secrets in the stars and stories in the earth. But one day she moves to the city. Surrounded by tall, grey buildings, she feels disconnected and alone. She has lost her wild. Or has she? Maybe she will find wildness where she least expects it...
Katya Balen is an award-winning author of books for children. Katya's debut novel, The Space We’re In , was published in 2019 and was highly commended for the Branford Boase Award. Her second, October, October , won the Yoto Carnegie Medal. Her third novel, The Light in Everything, was published in 2022.
When she’s not writing books, Katya likes to scroll through dog-rescue websites, bake, and attempt to keep all her house plants alive. She lives in London with her partner and their dogs Raffi and Mouse.
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An uplifting celebration of wildness from a multi-award-winning author and illustrator team, Katya Balen and Gill Smith.A little girl loves playing in the woods and rejoicing in the wildness all around her. She sees secrets in the stars and stories in the earth.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Wild and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Wild features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, The Natural World, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s picture books, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts
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Wild was written by Katya Balen and published by Walker Books Ltd an imprint of Walker Books
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