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Hedgehog & Friends

by Eoin McLaughlin, مهرنوش پارسانژاد (translator)

Hedgehog was feeling sad.
As sad as a hedgehog can feel.
So sad only one thing could help...

Tortoise was feeling sad.
As sad as a tortoise can feel.
So sad only one thing could help...

In this clever flipbook, both a hedgehog and a tortoise are looking for a hug. They ask all the other animals they come across but for some reason no one will hug them. Until a wise owl explains: Hedgehog is too spiky; Tortoise is too bony.

And that's when they find each other!

A beautiful, heartwarming picture book with all the universal appeal of Guess How Much I Love You.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Friendship, Love, Storytime, Fiction

54 pages

First published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Annet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute intermezzo in a heavy reading series: The Hug. Adorable drawings, big book, cute story of a hedgehog and a tortoise both trying to get a hug because they are feeling a bit down and run into various animals who find all kinds of excuses not to give a hug. Both ending with a wise owl who says no worries, you'll find someone. And then... they find each other. The cute part is that the book has two sides. One of the hedgehog and one of the tortoise and yes... they meet in the middle... in a hug :-)
Might I trouble you for a small hug, asked Tortoise
Not right now, said Rabbit, Unfortunately I'm digging a very important hole...
Yeah, cute intermezzo, lovely drawings, fun for all ages really!

[Fátima Linhares · Rating 5 out of 5]

"O Ouriço e a Tartaruga foram invadidos por uma felicidade imensa... E sentiram, finalmente, o poder mágico de um abraço!"

[Nercs · Rating 4 out of 5]

از سری خوانش‌های سرپایی در کتابفروشی. 🥹❤️‍🔥

[Feri Ketabkhor · Rating 5 out of 5]

دلیلی که داشتم گوشه‌ی کتابفروشی گریه می‌کردم :))

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Start from front or start from back...you will end up in the same place, smack in the middle, a place of joy. Two stories are one story and they are all about the difficulty of connecting. It's a delight of a little picture book, with big fun illustrations and sly text, and it always ends in deep happiness.

[Maria Carmo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This very clever book, with lovely illustrations, has part of the story in half of the book, and the second half, on the other side of the book - the hug both "main characters" share in the end of each story, is the same hug, drawn on the same page. Lovely and full of tenderness.

Maria Carmo,

Lisbon 2 November 2021.

[Nazanin · Rating 5 out of 5]

چقدر زیبا و گوگولی آخه :)

[Marta Ruiz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un libro infantil que he visto en una librería, pero me ha parecido tan tierno que casi lloro. Va sobre un erizo, lo amo. El primer libro que compre para mis futuros hijos, decidido jajajaj

[João Teixeira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Começando pelo início, ou começando pelo fim, vamos dar sempre ao ponto central do livro, que nos mostra um abraço entre dois seres incompreendidos pelos que os rodeiam, mas que acabam por se encontrar, deixando a mensagem optimista de que, por mais difícil que possa parecer, há-de haver alguém que nos compreenda e nos dê um abraço.

[Bettie]

[Kate Willis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so adorable. I loved the illustration style and the high quality edition was a nice treat too. It's been forever since I've seen one of those books where there's another story upside down in the back (I'm explaining it badly, but you know what I'm talking about), and it was so lovely that they connected. <3 I can't decide if I'm the hedgehog or the turtle... XD

[Théo d'Or]

Why doesn't anyone want to hug a hedgehog ?!
( Not specified whether male or female . Neither if tighter or formal. Nor if during the covid. )

[Veronika Pizano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aaaaaaa, rozkošné, roztopila som sa pri čítaní.

[Shiloah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously the cutest!

[Hesam Mousavi · Rating 5 out of 5]

واقعا کاش کتاب های کودک هی اشتباه بیاد بالا، دارم عاشقشون می‌شم ⁦🫠

[Nien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soms is een knuffel net hetgeen zijn wat je nodig hebt! En in dit geval met hele leuke illustraties.

[Jenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful book about finding the right person who fits in your life and loves you for who you are.

5 stars

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely, happy book about a hedgehog and a tortoise who were sad and wanted a hug. None of the animals would hug them and then they found each other and were really happy they could hug each other. This book has quite a different layout with both of the stories strongly reflecting the same themes but starting at different ends of the book. The stories meet in the middle when the characters meet. This could be a fun book to read with KS1 or FS children.

[Villain E · Rating 4 out of 5]

A flip book. On one side a hedgehog wants a hug, but he's to prickly for the other animals. On the other side, a tortoise wants a hug, but his shell is too hard for the other animals. The two meet in the middle.

I read another book which was about a hedgehog looking for a hug and it ended up finding another hedgehog. There are a few too many picture books starring animals where the underlying message seems to be "you should stick to your own kind." I like this book better.

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

29.08.2019 -- I just want to read this to my class everyday

14.01.2021 -- now my class can watch me reading this to them via online learning everyday! :D

[Aimée · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich glaube, ich habe das niedlichste Buch der Welt gefunden. Also, der kleine Igel ist deprimiert und braucht dringend eine Umarmung. Doch alle Tiere haben Ausreden, warum sie den stacheligen Gesellen nicht umarmen können. Der Igel wird immer deprimierter - bis er in der Mitte des Buches die Schildkröte findet, deren harter Panzer gegen die Stacheln schützt. Doch wieso hat das Buch noch so viele Seiten nach dem Happy Ending? Weil man das Buch umdrehen kann - auf der anderen Seite braucht die Schildkröte dringend eine Umarmung, aber ihr harter Panzer hält die anderen Tiere vom Kuscheln ab. Oh Götter, ist das unfassbar süß, wie es immer deprimierender wird und in der Mitte dann die Erlösung. Wundervoll.

[Chloe Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book as the message was really lovely and I would definitely use this in the classroom. Tortoise is sad and he wants a hug so asks the other animals for one but they don't give him one. Owl says it because his shell its too hard and then he meets hedgehog and they hug and are very happy. This comes together in the middle of the book. One half of the book is in tortoise's point of view and the other half is hedgehog, I found this confusing when reading but this is something children could figure out how to read the book.

[&#x1f336; peppersocks &#x1f9e6; · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reflections and lessons learned:
Awww - of course this was going to be lovely - we may be missing the external hugs, but at least there are books like this to remind us of normal times. I want to hug hedgehog and tortoise as a result, and we’re all trying to work out which end of the book we live more

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a lovely book.

[Brandon Khan · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.75

[SilverNediya · Rating 3 out of 5]

حالا شاید سه‌ونیم

[Gayathri White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aw, I loved this book. It just proves what I've always believed and hope children will see the positive message this books offers. "You are never alone in the great big world".

[Claudia Torkan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toto bolo nielenže rýchle, ale hlavne MEGAzlaté čítanie.

[Maja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wunderbares und schön illustriertes Bilderbuch.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved the style of this book