[1] Before devoting herself to writing full-time, Wild "worked as an educator, bookseller, volunteer radio host, and creator of children’s literature events".
Kirkus Reviews called the book "a saccharine bedtime read-aloud about big ideas and the promise in everyone".
She highlighted the "lyrical and often stunning" language and how Lundquist’s illustrations "depict the various living things realistically, but also have a contemplative quality to them".
[5] Wild published her second book, Love, Violet, illustrated by Charlene Chua, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2021.
Love, Violet was well-received by critics, including a starred review from Publishers Weekly.