Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature - A Review
Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature Written by Dara McAnulty Illustrated by Barry Falls Published by Macmillan, 2021 My January recommendation is Wild Child by the naturalist Dara McAnulty, winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for his memoir Diary of a Young Naturalist . McAnulty takes you by the hand and leads you along a glorious, brimming nature path from garden to woods and onto uplands and down rivers in this picture-book-sized guide poem, sharing his love and passion for all that is wild on the journey. Further brought to life by the illustrator Barry Falls’ vibrant fonts and double-page illustrations of an alive-and-kicking world, featuring stunning depictions of birds and bugs, this book is pitched perfectly for a primary school audience primed by the success of a clear ancestor to the book, The Lost Words . The book is divided into five sections: Windows To See The World Through, The Garden, The Woods, Going Upland and The Riv...