The Wild Girl

Author(s): Chris Wormell

Picture Books

This is the story of a little girl and her small brown dog. They live all alone in a little cave high up on the mountainside in the middle of the great wide wilderness. Then one day in the bitter cold of winter, as they are returning to their cave, they see bear tracks in the snow ...The ending to this adorable story will melt your heart and make you smile.


Product Information

A heart-warming story set against a backdrop of spectacular snow scenes.

Chris Wormell is a self-taught artist, and the winner of the Booktrust Early Years Best Picture Award 2010 for One Smart Fish. Two Frogs won the Nestle Bronze Award in 2003 and Molly and the Night Monster was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009. His books include George and the Dragon and The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit which was adapted into a stage play. In addition to his children's books, Chris undertakes other illustration work including advertising campaigns, packaging, a set of Royal Mail stamps and a collection of four covers for the same issue of Time Out magazine, featuring traditional British pub signs. Chris lives in North London with his wife and children.

General Fields

  • : 9780099451488
  • : Random House Children's Publishers UK
  • : Red Fox
  • : 01 November 2006
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Chris Wormell
  • : Paperback
  • : 823.914
  • : 32
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations