Her work has been exhibited across the capital and her book Nana Shaped Like a Banana came second in the 2012 Macmillan Prize for Children’s Picture Books. She is inspired by Chinese cinema and illustrators such as Blair Lent and Gyo Fujikawa. Awash with colour and full of atmosphere, it offers visual treats to enchant children and indulge their wilder tendencies.Įmily Hughes was born in Hawaii, USA but lives and works in the United Kingdom. Wild is a 21st century response to Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic, Where the Wild Things Are. There’s no green here, no animals, no trees, no rivers. Now she lives in the comfort of civilisation. But will civilisation get comfortable with her? In Emily Hughes beautiful picture book we meet a little girl who has known nothing but nature from birth she was taught to talk by birds, to eat by bears. Before writing, children look at the features of a diary entry and then work through these to practice on the lead up to their big write. Carter Higgins (Goodreads Author), Emily Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating 824 ratings published 2018 8 editions. She’s puzzled by their behaviour and their insistence to live in these strange concrete structures known as ‘apartments’. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. In this beautiful picture book by Hawaiian artist Emily Hughes, we meet a little girl who has known nothing but. That is, until she is snared by some very strange animals that look oddly like her, but they don’t talk right, eat right, or play correctly. You cannot tame something so happily wild. In Emily Hughes’ beautiful picture book we meet a little girl who has known nothing but nature from birth – she was taught to talk by birds, to eat by bears and to play by foxes – she is unashamedly, irrefutably, irrepressibly wild.

Wild by Emily Hughes