SuitabookWild
Katya Balen
- Reading
- Read it aloud slowly, pausing to examine how the city and natural scenes differ. Afterwards, take a short observation walk and look for plants, birds, insects or signs of water.
- Themes
- Belonging after change: A child leaves the countryside for the city and initially experiences the new environment as grey, lonely and disconnected from nature. The story presents the child’s emotional response to relocation and follows her changing relationship with the city.
- Nature in urban places: The child follows a bird through streets, parks and towards a river, finding animals, plants and insects in the city. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- The move away from the countryside may deserve attention if a child is sensitive to change or separation. The child’s loneliness is expressed clearly, though the story is presented as hopeful rather than threatening.