SuitabookWildful
Kengo Kurimoto
- Reading
- Read slowly and pause over the wordless panels, asking what Poppy or Rob may be noticing. If bereavement is personally relevant, let the child decide whether to discuss Gran, Mum, or their own feelings.
- Themes
- Grief and family connection: Gran’s death leaves Mum inert with grief, while Poppy spends time away from home and later wants to show Mum what she has discovered. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Attention and the natural world: After following Pepper into a forest, Poppy learns from Rob to be still, recognise tracks and hear birds, and begins noticing nature in town as well. The narrative gives sustained positive significance to careful observation and encounters with wildlife, while showing Poppy becoming less absorbed in her phone.
- Worth knowing
- Death and grief are central: Gran has died, Mum is described as inert with grief, and Poppy is affected by the situation.