The wild

by Bob Graham

Russell is worried when his pet rabbit and his pet frog return to The Wild, the forest that surrounds the house, and persuades his family to search for them.

Genres: Picture Books

30 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

An Australian children's author and illustrator. His books include Max, which won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and "Let's Get A Pup!" Said Kate which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award

Reviews

[Nicola · Rating 2 out of 5]

We read a few Bob Graham picture books this week. 'The Wild', 'Crusher is Coming' and 'Greetings from Sandy Beach'. They have a kind of nostalgic and familiar feel to me which makes sense since it turns out 'The Wild' was written back in 1986 and the author turns out to be Australian. I think my favourite was probably 'Crusher is Coming' as big brother discovers that he doesn't have to be hyper macho when his friend comes over after school as Crusher ends up utterly enchanted by 2 year old little sister.

The stories are little snippets of what feel like memories (or someone else's memories). Like art house cinema they don't necessarily have a story arc but are pleasant to read through once.

[Nick Swarbrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poignant and beautifully observed