BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
While the people of the world thought The Wild was big enough to supply all of their wants forever, The Wild is sick and needs someone to get the world's attention.
I love the gold leaf on the cover and the personification of The Wild. What puzzled me was Zimmer using a boy as the voice for The Wild. Not only is Mother Earth always depicted as a woman, but when I think about climate activism, the first three people who come to mind are women - Rachel Carson, Wangari Matthau, Greta Thunberg - I wish the author had made different editorial choice. Certainly a fair book to add to a lesson for young people about the need for people to start respecting Earth. The human main character is a white boy, with a variety of other ages, genders, ethnicities joining in within the illustrations.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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