This book is about Mother Earth trying to get her child Autumn to go to bed, so she does a lot of things to help put Autumn to bed. Then once she gets Autumn to bed Winter wakes up. I think that this book is good for personal reading, there are a lot of alliterations and things through the book.

This is a delightful series based on the four seasons of the year. In this book, the ever caring and loving Mother Earth is encouraging her wild child -- Autumn -- to get to bed, to rest. But, the wild child tells her mother that first she needs a song ..a song to play in her head before going to bed.

And, Mother Earth granted her wild child a song, a fall song of crinkle, cracle, leaves that snapple. And, of course chipmunks that chutter, chatter and patter.

"No!!!," said the Wild Child, I still am not ready for bed!!!. First something to eat is needed, just a bite and little snack before taking a nap. Mother gave her Wild Child some Crunchy, munchy chew chestnuts and plumpy pumpkins. And what a wonderful snack it was. But still wild child wanted more. Perhaps a nice set of pajamas would do to get dressed before the rest.

Mother Earth is certainly a wonderful, caring, supportive and giving mother and so the wild child had a wild set of pjs, full of bright, and a wonderful yellow colored robe would do the trick to make her wild child go to bed. And slippers, wonderfully colored slipers. Let's make them orange with a gold colored cap to match. Surely, now wild child must be ready to take a nap.

Now, the Wild Child, Autumn, had a song, a snack, a set of lovely pjs with slippers and a gold cap to match. What more could be needed? A kiss, yes a kiss is what the wild child wanted and needed. And, Mother Earth gave her child a kiss and big, whooshy windy snuggly kiss. Along with the kiss there must be an embrace, such a smooth for the winter weather approaching.

And, the Mother Earth said you ARE ready. and the child smiled along with a giggle, a wink and a blanket of snow. And Mother Earth, now tired from all the fullfilled wishes put herself to bed.

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I love the creativity of these books. FIVE STARS

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Mother Earth tries to put her wild child Autumn to bed in this lovely seasonal picture-book, but that willful offspring isn't ready to subside into peaceful slumber at first. First Autumn needs a song, then a snack, then PJs (pajamas), and finally a kiss. Mother Earth provides all of these - the snap of leaves and the patter of chipmunks for a song, the pleasure of pumpkins and the crunch of chestnuts for a snack, the blazing beauty of the fall foliage for PJs, and a freezing, blustery embrace for a kiss - and finally this wild child is ready to settle down. Just in time for one of Mother Earth's other children, Winter, to grow restless and awaken...

A wonderfully appealing and alliterative text from author Lynn Plourde is paired with gorgeously colorful artwork from illustrator Greg Couch in Wild Child, the first of four seasonal picture-books exploring Mother Earth and Father Time and their four children. I enjoyed this one quite a bit, appreciating both the text and the story idea, and loving the visuals. Autumn is my favorite season, and Plourde and Couch adeptly capture its restless energy and blazing beauty. There is sometimes something melancholy about the fall of the year, but here there is a feeling of cycles that is reassuring. Highly recommended to any picture-book reader seeking autumn stories. For my part, I intend to also track down Winter Waits, Spring's Sprung and Summer's Vacation, to see if they are just as magical as this one. ( )

"Wild Child" follows Mother Earth and her young child, Autumn. Mother Earth is trying to put her child to bed, but Autumn always tries to find a way to stay up. First, Autumn needs a song before she sleeps. Mother Nature uses different animals to make a song for her child. Then, Autumn needs a snack. Her mother gives her different fall produce to eat, like pumpkins and apples. Autumn then asks for PJ's to sleep in, and Mother Nature makes her a robe out of leaves. Finally, Autumn asks for a kiss, and Mother Nature kisses her child and tucks her in. When Autumn goes to sleep, Mother Nature lays down to sleep as well, but her child Winter wakes up to play. I loved this book because of its beautiful illustrations, as well as its cute story. Each illustration is very detailed and just reminds me exactly of Autumn. This book would be a great story to read children before bed, since the characters in the book are getting ready for bed as well. ( )

I really wanted to love this book, and there's nothing wrong with it really, but for some reason it wasn't engaging me until the last page, at which point I decided to raise my star rating from 2.5 to 3.5. It is indeed artistic, enjoyable to read aloud, wise, heartwarming - but the last bit brings in the dash of levity that my favorite books include. I do admit Autumn is not my favorite season, and if there are companion books for the other seasons I would like to read them. ( )