Wild Everywhere Ainsley Drew and the art world

and the art world

and the two bond over their shared struggle with the French tongue

From movie dates to bad haircuts

to learn the lessons I will one day need to teach my boy

something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead

Wild Everywhere Ainsley Drew and the art worldBy: Katya Balen Published by Candlewick Press, 2025 07 22 In a poetic, beautifully illustrated story, a child's move to a big city has her mourning her connection with nature until she makes a serendipitous discovery. When I shout my name into the sky, nobody answers. The city is lonely and so am I. I've lost my wild. In the woods, the girl finds wildness all around her when she climbs toward the sky and shouts her name into the air, a bird sings back