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The Wildest Thing

By: Emily Winfield Martin
Narrated by: Emily Winfield Martin
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of The Wonderful Things You Will Be comes an enchanting audiobook about a child finding their "wild" self.

What would you do if you let the wild in?

Eleanor loved wild things.
Every wing and wild sprout.

There was something wild inside of her,
waiting to come out...

This audiobook is the ideal addition to any bedtime routine or read aloud. The Wildest Thing beautifully expresses a timeless message about little ones unleashing their inner "wild" and encouraging their budding imagination and unique individuality.
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Critic Reviews

★ "A dreamy homage that’s its own budding classic." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "Martin's rhyming text has a gentle cadence that rises and falls as the wonders of Eleanor's day unfold, making The Wildest Thing a delightful dream of creativity, imagination, and getting wild." —Shelf Awareness, starred review

"A suitably untamed bedtime sequence winds down, yielding a thoroughly heartening portrait of a child abandoning inhibition." —Publishers Weekly

"Read this to the kid who always has dirt under their fingernails for a calming bedtime read and the kind of blurring of fantasy and reality that preps little ones for sweet dreams." —The Bulletin

"A gorgeous guide to finding the wildness within." —Booklist

"An excellent read-aloud for young children at home with a parent or older sibling, this book inspires a love of nature and a healthy disregard for all that is prim and proper." —School Library Journal
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