SCBWI Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book
"In DEAR WANDERING WILDEBEEST Irene Latham asks readers to 'Wander with me, meander with me...'. They will -- and they will return for more -- again and again."
- Lee Bennett Hopkins
"Latham's finely crafted verse, at once humorous and serious, dazzlingly opens the imagination to the wilds of the world."
- Kirkus Reviews / STARRED
2015 Silver Moonbeam Children's Award for Poetry
2015 Bank Street Best Children's Book
NCTE Notable Poetry Book
2014 Nerdy Book Award for Poetry
2014 CYBILS Finalist
2014 AAAS Best Children's Book
