Wild and Free
By (Author) Carrie Gallasch
Illustrated by Martina Heiduczek
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Little Hare
31st January 2024
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Positive / good mental health
Hardback
32
Width 225mm, Height 275mm
Wild and Free is an energetic and atmosphericstoryaboutthe great outdoors. Set in a stunning landscape, a cast of adventurous childrenset offfrom their caravans and tentsto discover the joys of nature. From climbing trees andcrossing creeks to rolling down hills and watching bugs, readers will almost smell the fresh air as theypore over the pages. For ages 3 and up.
Now leave your boots
and leave your shoes
its just our feet
well need to use
to cross the creek
and clamber through,
with soursobs
for us to chew.
Carrie Gallasch is an early childhood teacher in rural South Australia. Her passion for childrens literacy began twelve years ago, when she first experienced reading aloud to her students. Now with children of her own, Carrie has an excuse to follow them barefoot in the garden and be inspired by the mischief they get up to. She loves nothing more than a great story and a great coffee, but not necessarily in that order. Her debut picture book, Stitches and Stuffing, was a notable book in the 2018 CBCA Awards.