Ouch!

by Ragnhild Scamell

Originally titled Ouch!

Hedgehog has just finished building a cozy nest ready for winter when...
OUCH!
... a juicy red apple falls from a tree and sticks in the spines on her back! And now Hedgehog can't fit into her nest. Oh dear!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals, Storytime, Food, Fiction, Kids

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1998

Reviews

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute! A little wordy per page.

[Shiloah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read by our Courtney (9)! We loved it.

[Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

You know what I love about this book? I love that when hedgehog gets in trouble everyone single one that he tells his troubles to does their best to help. Life is like that. People love us. They care about us. And they give us their best advice to help us try to have a happier and smoother life. And what they suggest might not always work for us, but it has probably worked for them or for someone they know. And if we keep asking, keep connecting, keep trying to solve our problems, they eventually will be solved! It's a book that says don't give up. Keep going. Life gets better. and there are friends to help you.

**Talking points: What have you struggled with in the past? How did you solve it? What are you struggling with now? Who are your circle of friends and advisers that you go to when you have problems? How did you grow that circle? What would you suggest to someone who doesn't have a circle of friends to turn to? Have you ever had times in your life where you felt you had no one to turn to? What did you do to get through it? What would you have told hedgehog to do?

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for fall! Ouch tells the story of a hedgehog who has just finished constructing a cozy nest when an apple falls and sticks to her spines. Various animal friends try to help her get the apple off, but each new attempt only succeeds in getting more items stuck to her back. Finally, the hedgehog runs into a goat who obligingly munches everything off of her back.

Our 3 year old really latched on to this book, and I like it because it gives us a lot of things to talk about as we read it. It's a good book for counting ("one apple, and one, two, three brown nuts on her back!"), problem solving ("she's going to dive in the water, do you think that will work?") and for talking about helping.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute story about a hedgehog who is all ready to tuck into her leafy nest when an apple falls on her back and gets stuck. When a friendly squirrel tries to pull the apple off, they not only fail, but three acorns become attached as well. Other animals also try and help and more items get stuck to the poor hedgehog. Finally, she meets up with a goat who happily eats everything but a leaf off her back. It is okay about the leaf though, as she is going to curl up in her leaf nest for a long nap.
This would be fun to read to a group of children, the text has nice flow and the illustrations are bright and large enough for all to see.

[Justine Liddle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hedgehog is just about ready to crawl into her nest for the winter when a juicy red apple falls from the tree and lands on her back. It gets stuck and as she tries to get it off she gets many other things stuck to her back as well. Finally a goat helps Hedgehog by eating everything off her back but one small crumpled leaf.

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked that this story was about a hedgehog....I feel very connected to them from a personality standpoint. lol
I listened to this read aloud with my grandkids. It's hard sometimes to keep asking for help when it feels like everyone is just making it worse but little hedgy did keep asking and he did eventually get the help he needed and so did the other animal.

[Mama Bearian · Rating 2 out of 5]

A hedgehog is prepared for winter, having just finished building a new, cozy nest. But when an apple falls and gets stuck on its back, the hedgehog no longer fits in its nest. As other animals attempt to help, the hedgehog only gets more things stuck. Will it ever be able to fit in its nest? This was a simple book, but with surprisingly wordy pages.

[Christine Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Apple Story Time. Hedgehog cannot fit into his winter's nest after an apple gets stuck to his back. His friends to try to help with disastrous results. Great story! Terrific pictures. A real winner!!!

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very sweet book about a hedgehog who get lots of things stuck on his back! It was nice how every animal it met along the way tried their best to help it, just like real life should be like! Too many words on one page though!

[Elena Maddox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for pre-K or outreach.

[Tina Dalton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect for hibernation storytime. Definitely would be a great one to make into a flannel board or puppet.

[Yvonne O'Connor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now this is a good book. Plausible conflict with sensible resolution. A goat as a hero is s nice change, too!

[Alyaa Alasfoor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and funny

[Irini 이리니 Thalassinou · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5*

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute idea - hedgehog keeps getting stuff stuck to her quills, and only the last animal she meets can help her dislodge everything.

[Anna Baboura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Όχι κάτι ιδιαίτερο ως ιστορία, αλλά έχει αρκετό κείμενο (καλό αυτό) και χαριτωμένη εικονογράφηση.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

So fun! Perfect illustrations!

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun repetition, but a little wordy.

[Gabs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun story

[Jenna Montgomery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clever and funny tale of friends trying to help and problem getting worse

[Reading With Dad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Click to listen to a reading of Apple Trouble!
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[Lisa Mcbroom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable story of a sweet hedgehog trying to settle down for winter when an apple gets entangled in her spikes and how her friends help her.

[Brady]

Preschool

[Addie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute! 3 year old liked it too

[Rhonda Pelech · Rating 5 out of 5]

my 5 year old loves this book. we have read it a few times. definitely entertaining.

[Maritina Mela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Μια χαριτωμένη ιστορία με πρωταγωνιστές ζωάκια, σχετικά με την αλληλοβοήθεια και την αλληλοϋποστήριξη.
Το βρήκα πολύ ευρηματικό και ευκολοδιάβαστο με πανέμορφη εικονογράφηση και το συστήνω σε όποιον/όποια ψάχνει να διαβάσει κάτι παρέα με τα παιδιά ή τους μαθητές του/της.

Fun fact: Εδώ και μερικούς μήνες κάνω ένα σεμινάριο σχετικά με το λαϊκό παραμύθι στην εκπαίδευση και κάθε βδομάδα, με το τέλος κάθε ενότητας, ανεβαίνει καινούργιο διαγώνισμα. Και πριν από λίγο καιρό, ένα από τα διαγωνίσματα που αφορούσε τις αφηγηματικές τεχνικές, ζητούσε να ηχογραφήσουμε τον εαυτό μας να διαβάζει ένα παιδικό βιβλίο και να το στείλει στον καθηγητή. Τουλάχιστον αμήχανο και φουλ αγχωτικό για εμένα που δεν το έχω με κάτι τέτοια (θα μου πείτε "Νηπιαγωγός τελείωσες μαρή, δεν περιμένεις πως αυτό θα είναι μέρος της δουλειάς σου κάποια στιγμή;" και σε αυτό θα σας απαντήσω "Ώχου, γιατί μού τη βάζετε και αυτή τη σκοτούρα στο κεφάλι τώρα;" 😂)
Τέλος πάντων, μετά από πολλές ανάσες για να ηρεμήσω, άπειρα σαρδάμ, προσπάθεια για να μιλήσω αργά και καθαρά γιατί από φυσικού μου μιλάω γρήγορα, και 4-5 φορές που χάλαγα την αφήγηση λίγο πριν το τέλος, οπότε φτου κι απ' την αρχή, το ολοκλήρωσα και το έστειλα (και πήρε και καλό βαθμό εκείνο το διαγώνισμα.)
Οπότε να ξέρετε, κάπου εκεί έξω, υπάρχει ηχητικό ντοκουμέντο από εμένα να διηγούμαι αυτό εδώ...

If you made it this far, congratulations!
'Til next time, take care :) :) :)

[Teddie Trombley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a little hedgehog and she just got finished building her nest for her winter nap when all of a sudden an apple fell and landed right on top of the hedgehogs back and it got stuck because of her thorns. The hedgehog started freaking out because with this huge apple on her back she couldn’t fit into her new nest she just finished building. Hedgehog needed help so she went off to go look for someone to help her. This is when she ran into her friend the squirrel that offered to help but while he was trying to help he ended up getting three of the squirrels nuts stuck on the hedgehogs back along with the big red apple. As the book goes on she runs into more friends that try and help her but just make things worse. By the end of the book the hedgehog has a giant red apple, 3 brown nuts, a small green pear, a brown crumpled up leaf, a blue piece of paper, a pink water lily, and last but not least 4 ripe blackberries. She finally then runs into her friend the goat that ends up eating everything off of her back and she is so thankful and runs back to her nest so she can go take her winter nap. This book teaches children how important friendship is and how important it is to choose the right group of friends.

[Nashay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the story of a little hedgehog who gets herself stuck in a sticky situation. An apple drops on hedgehogs back and gets stuck. In an attempt to get it off she asks for squirrels help but ends up getting his nuts stuck to her as well. Then they ask pig for help. She suggests rolling around on the ground but the apple and nuts stay stuck and hedgehog picks up leaves and a pear. Then a piece of paper is blown on hedgehog. Fog suggests jumping in the pond to remove all the items but instead she picks up a pretty pink lily. Finally hedgehog runs into goat who offers to eat all the items off her back. The story ends with hedgehog sleeping peacefully in her nest. This is a great story about team work, cooperation, and friendship. In life students will face problems and if they are willing to ask for help they can get themselves out of sticky situations. This book has a 3.3 reading level but an interest level of all grades. If I were to use Apple Trouble! in the classroom I would use it to teach vocabulary. There are tons of words throughout the story that work well with a Total, Physical, Response method to teaching language.

[Helen Kumpel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who this book would be for: K-3
Topic: Hibernation/Seasons
Math activity:PreK-K Have the students act out the book adding and subtracting the items that fall on hedgehog. Introduce the idea of adding and taking things away (addition and subtraction).
Reflection:
This books is about a hedgehog who is about to crawl into it's nest for a long winters nap when suddenly an apple falls on its back! Hedgehog and its friends try different ways to get the apple off but more and more things keep landing on it! There are lots of different emotions in this book from sad to frustrated, frustrated to angry, angry to hopeless, hopeless to ecstatic! In the end, hedgehog feels light as a feather and ready for a long winter nap in her cozy nest.
Great to talk about emotions, preparing for hibernation, and even some math! Addition and subtraction!