She's puzzled by their behaviour and their insistence on living in these strange concrete structures: 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 her debut picture book, Hughes brings an uncanny humour to her painterly illustrations. In these sketches you can see it was originally the psychiatrists who find the girl in the woods, not the hunters.) Emily Hughes is an author and illustrator who grew up in Hawaii, and now lives and works in the United Kingdom. Her artwork has been widely exhibited and her picturebooks have received international recognition. In 2015, Emily was chosen to represent the UK in the prestigious Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB).

Draw a brain shape, add words around it or in it about why your brain is brilliant, then decorate it! Learn how to draw some of Emily Hughes cutest wild animals with her step by step activity sheets! Work your way up from a crow and then you’ll be going pro with the fox in no time✨ When you are finished, as yourself, is it easier to be the leader or follower? Were you able to be so like them that no one could tell you were pretending? If brains all looked different and were decorated to reflect the person that owned them, what would yours look like?In this beautiful picture book by Hawaiian artist Emily Hughes, 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. 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. She's puzzled by their behavior and their insistence on living in these strange concrete structures: there's no green here, no animals, no trees, no rivers. Now she lives in the comfort of civilization. But will civilization get comfortable with her? Initially, I wanted to do ‘Wild’ in a Victorian setting because it was so repressive and I thought the contrast would be more defined. Talking about it with the art director, Alex, we decided it might be nicer to make it feel more mid-century to be less predictable. I think it was a solid choice. In this beautiful picture book by Hawaiian artist Emily Hughes, 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. 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.

One day, two creatures who look an awful lot like her, only bigger, appear out of nowhere, put her in the belly of their metal beast, and hurl her into a wholly different new life — a civilized one.Make three guides. They could be leaflets or storyboards or posters, whatever you like, teaching people how to be three things: how to be wild, how to be not wild, and how to be you.

The problem with copying is that you might not have to think as hard about what you are doing, but you will never be as good as the person. They are always going to be better at being themselves and you are always going to be the best at being you. In this post, Emily talks about the creation of ‘Wild’. This boldly illustrated, beautifully produced picturebook was one of the first releases from Flying Eye Books in the UK. It’s since been published in many other languages including Spanish, French and Italian. The story opens with a joyful and carefree little girl native to the woods, raised by the creatures of the whole forest. She is boundlessly, ebulliently wild, and wholly unashamed of her wildness.This week's theme is being PROUD so look at the activities attached to the other stories for more PROUD activities! The little girl had friends around her in the forest who helped her be herself. Who are your friends that help you be yourself? Make something that shows how your friends help you. You could copy the illustrator’s style, repeat the words exactly, or you could make it your own by changing the pictures and words. Wild is a 21st century response to Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic, Where the Wild Things Are. Awash with colour and full of atmosphere, it offers visual treats to enchant children and indulge their wilder tendencies. Wild is the story of a little girl who was born into nature and has absorbed everything it has to offer. She plays with bears and foxes, eats among them and speaks with the birds of the forest. One day, she meets another form of creature who looks exactly like her. She leaves her home and despite being expected to adapt to her new reality, she craves the environment she knows best.

This was my first book in the working world, and I have made a handful since then. Although I feel like my drawings have changed a lot since, I feel the making of this particular book has had the biggest impact on me. Working on it has helped me to open my eyes – to try to train myself to be tolerant and accepting of those wild and tame alike. Then it’s the colouring period. I do it all digitally in Photoshop with help from the multiply tool on the original scans. That’s about as much as I know how to do in Photoshop; yipes! The main character's face is very, very expressive. The art in this book is just beautiful...so detailed and wonderful! It's about a little girl somehow abandoned in the forest, who is taken in by the forest creatures and lives a happy, feral life. Until one day she's discovered by some hipster hunters (or, I guess, they caught her in their bear trap? Only her hair was caught but that's pretty harsh, hipsters. Is using a bear trap really sporting? They take her to live with Famed Psychiatrist and his wife (presumably I'm supposed to assume the man is Famed Psychiatrist because he's the one measuring her head and taking notes while the lady just brushes the kid's hair and tries to cut her meat...but technically the lady could be Famed Psychiatrist while her significant other is her assistant. But I don't think I'm supposed to think that) and they just get mad at her for not learning even though it doesn't look like she's been there very long and so when she runs away they're just like "good riddance" which will be hard to explain to the papers but whatever. Famed Psychiatrist's dog and cat escape with our friend as well and live happy lives in harmony with the animals of the forest because this is a magical forest where predator and prey hang out and don't kill each other. I don't know what the bears and foxes eat but that's not the point of this story - the point is, you do you. I really like the magic in this book actually, because I would love to imagine that there are forests that exist where all the animals love each other and never die and people can have plants for hair. Probably somewhere in Europe. Off in the big city, a somewhat well-meaning but rather dictatorial elderly couple sets out to de-wild her. “FAMED PSYCHIATRIST TAKES IN FERAL CHILD,” a newspaper headline proclaims. Oh, they’ll tag this as an eco-centric morality tale, I’m sure. Wild/nature = good, civilization/standardization = bad. That sort of thing. Honestly, I think it has a lot more to say about the inner life of a young child than any overt messagey message about Mother Earth. But there aren’t any rules governing how you use a book, so go on! Use it to talk to kids about nature and the outdoors. Use it to talk about acceptable and non-acceptable behavior and when those rules break down. Use it to discuss tropes most common in European vs. American books, or what makes this book a stand out in its field. Talk about it any old way you like, but make sure you talk about it. A surprisingly lovely little piece that bears similarities to hundreds of pictures books out there, but isn’t really like a single one. One of a kind.Home Learning Reader in Residence Reader in Residence Digital Years 3 & 4 Wild Wild By Emily Hughes Published by Flying Eye Books With that agreed thought, two humans begin the daunting task of ‘curing’ her. Her hair is brushed, she must learn to speak properly, to use a fork neatly, to listen to and obey all of these important rules that have absolutely no importance, sense or use to her.