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It's certainly no April Fool! One of our favourite books of 2013 is finally released in Paperback. The sublime "Wild" became one of our prestigious "Book of the Week" winners, and we're happy to share the news that the paperback version from Flying Eye is every bit as delicious and delectable as the original.

It tells the story of a young girl who is brought up in the wild by animals, but finds herself brought back to civilisation by a group of hunters.

Her re-integration does not go well - after all, how can you tame something that is so happily wild?

We utterly adored this book - one heck of an amazing debut for Emily and arriving just ahead of her second children's picture book, the equally stunning "The Little Gardener", coming very soon from Flying Eye Books.

Soak up one of the most perfect children's books you're ever likely to come across - and unleash your inner wild child!

"Wild" by Emily Hughes, out today in Paperback from Flying Eye

Oh how we love Abigail! Catherine Rayner's book is not only beautiful but it's a lot of fun too.

Abigail, the wonderful Giraffe, just LOVES to count. Anyone who loves to count knows how much more fun it can be if you involve everyone else too, so Abigail soon meets all her animal friends on her travels while attempting to count their spots and their stripes. Animals rarely stay still for very long though so poor Abigail soon finds that counting is tricky when the thing you're counting is a big fidget!

This book is a true work of art, with some of the loveliest animal illustrations you'll see in children's books. Abigail herself is fab (but then we do share An Vrombaut's soft spot for giraffes and here Catherine Rayner has captured their loveliness perfectly) but so are her friends. The fun counting story is also fab and it's fun to find out what Abigail counts when the long day on the plains draws gently to an end and darkness falls.

People often ask us why we don't give any age guidance / ratings on books. The simple answer is that most books have such a huge appeal to children of all ages that it's unfair to try and pigeonhole them in that way. Taking Abigail as an example you could read it aloud to a tiny toddler just learning to count on their fingers and toes, or you could read it to a little girl like Charlotte who is busying herself with adding, subtracting and multiplication and let them soak up a beautiful and rather touching story.

In a nutshell, Abigail is as good as it looks (and it looks SO good!). It's really not hard to see how Catherine won the CILIP 2009 Kate Greenaway medal for "Harris Finds his Feet", her books are sublime.

Charlotte's best bit: Trying to count all the stripes on a lot of very busy and fidgety Zebras

Daddy's favourite bit: That delicious final spread. No spoilers but if you count all the objects in it I bet you they'll add up to exactly the number Abigail says!

(Kindly sent to us for review by Little Tiger Press as part of their reading rocks week. Review previously published for hardback version)