Winter Hedgehog

by Ann Cartwright

The hedgehogs gather for their yearly hibernation, but the smallest of them sets out on a journey to discover the mysteries of the icy season. Soon it begins to snow, and he finds that winter can be both beautiful and cruel. Reg Cartwright won the Mother Goose Award for Mr Potter's Pigeon.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 1989

Reviews

[Charlotte Stafford · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice story about a hedgehog and his journey to find winter. He finds it and realised how wonderful and dangerous it is at the same time. A good story for discussing seasonal changes and what different animals do during the winter months.

[Adrian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Winter was everywhere: in the air, in the trees, on the ground and in the hedgerows. Colder and colder it grew until the snow froze under the hedgehog's feet.

One of today's charity shop finds and given our obsession with hedgehogs, one we could not resist.

It is a charming tale of a hedgehog who struggles to sleep. Instead of hibernating he decides to see what winter is like.

We follow the littlest hedgehog on its epic adventure, in hedgehog terms.

Certainly rather cute and with lovely illustrations. 3 stars.

[Natasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a terribly riveting story, but the illustrations are interesting (my kids thought the hedgehog's nose was very long). We do love hedgehogs though, so this will stay in our collection. A good introduction to hibernation and what different animals do in the winter time.

[معصومه توکلی · Rating 2 out of 5]

نقّاشی هایش خیلی خوب بود.

[Riani Halim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story about a little hedgehog who was curious about winter. It traveled out during the winter instead of hibernating.

[Lucia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very sweet story for children.