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Hug
Like a wordless book, the story unfolds through a series of expressive pictures. . . . Alborough makes clear . . . the elation the animals gain from their shared affection. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Bobo needs a hug. But his friends don't seem to understand. Hug, he implores, time and again. Time and again his puzzled pals -- from the smallest chameleon to the tallest giraffe -- shrug and cuddle with their jungle mothers. As the lonely chimp's plea escalates, his friends grow concerned. Can the elephants lead Bobo to his heart's desire? Jez Alborough transforms a total of three words -- and some of the most tenderly expressive animals ever created -- into an endearing tribute to love and belonging.
Bobo needs a hug. But his friends don't seem to understand. Hug, he implores, time and again. Time and again his puzzled pals -- from the smallest chameleon to the tallest giraffe -- shrug and cuddle with their jungle mothers. As the lonely chimp's plea escalates, his friends grow concerned. Can the elephants lead Bobo to his heart's desire? Jez Alborough transforms a total of three words -- and some of the most tenderly expressive animals ever created -- into an endearing tribute to love and belonging.
32 pages, Board Book
First published January 1, 2001
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About the author
Jez Alborough
126 books86 followersJez is the author and illustrator of 48 books for children. In 2018 he published The Story of 'You' his first book for adults, the first in a series called Life Beyond Personality. He says: "We enter this world as pure Oneness, (what I call our ‘original state of Being’) but we lose this as we become identified with our Personality. In that identification, the Stillness and Love of our Original State is overshadowed by the suffering of the Personality.
"Our Personality creates its own dream from the deep-seated beliefs and emotions it harbours; a dream that can be full of emotional distress, over-thinking and the constant investment in a future which never quite delivers on the belief: ‘When I get this I’ll be happy.’ The Story of ‘You’ suggests it’s possible to wake up out of that dream. When that happens, a whole new adventure begins in a life beyond the Personality."
The Infinite Journey, the second Book in the series, is published in early 2019.
Children's Books
His Eddy and the Bear trilogy (which began with the much-loved Where's My Teddy in 1992) has sold nearly four and a half million copies and was made into an BAFTA award-winning animated television series.
Duck in the Truck (published in 1999) heralded the start of another bestselling series, this time featuring the irrepressible Duck and his three friends - Frog, Goat and Sheep. There are currently nine books in the Duck series and almost than 1.5 million copies have been sold.
In 2000 Jez created Hug - a powerful and touching book of only three words about a baby chimpanzee called Bobo who loses his Mom. Oprah Winfrey raved about it on her show when she chose it for her recommended reading list while Richard Curtis (the writer and director of Four Weddings and a Funeral) selected it as one of his ‘Best Books’, calling it ‘classic family drama which holds up well next to Jez’s other masterpieces.’ Bobo went on to star in thee more classics; Tall ( which along with Hug won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award) Yes and Play. The series has sold almost 3 million copies.
Jez lives in West London. You can read more about his books for children in the JezAlborough.com library and about The Story of 'You' at LifeBeyondPersonality.com.
Jez's Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/jezalborough and you can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jezalborough
"Our Personality creates its own dream from the deep-seated beliefs and emotions it harbours; a dream that can be full of emotional distress, over-thinking and the constant investment in a future which never quite delivers on the belief: ‘When I get this I’ll be happy.’ The Story of ‘You’ suggests it’s possible to wake up out of that dream. When that happens, a whole new adventure begins in a life beyond the Personality."
The Infinite Journey, the second Book in the series, is published in early 2019.
Children's Books
His Eddy and the Bear trilogy (which began with the much-loved Where's My Teddy in 1992) has sold nearly four and a half million copies and was made into an BAFTA award-winning animated television series.
Duck in the Truck (published in 1999) heralded the start of another bestselling series, this time featuring the irrepressible Duck and his three friends - Frog, Goat and Sheep. There are currently nine books in the Duck series and almost than 1.5 million copies have been sold.
In 2000 Jez created Hug - a powerful and touching book of only three words about a baby chimpanzee called Bobo who loses his Mom. Oprah Winfrey raved about it on her show when she chose it for her recommended reading list while Richard Curtis (the writer and director of Four Weddings and a Funeral) selected it as one of his ‘Best Books’, calling it ‘classic family drama which holds up well next to Jez’s other masterpieces.’ Bobo went on to star in thee more classics; Tall ( which along with Hug won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award) Yes and Play. The series has sold almost 3 million copies.
Jez lives in West London. You can read more about his books for children in the JezAlborough.com library and about The Story of 'You' at LifeBeyondPersonality.com.
Jez's Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/jezalborough and you can follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jezalborough
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July 28, 2009
Thank God somebody hugged that monkey, I was starting to get worried.
December 18, 2024
I’m just glad that Bobo finally got a hug. Wonderful piece of literature. George messed up one of the pages but still had fun. George’s favorite part was when his mommy gave him a hug at the end.
October 1, 2014
Upon my first reading of Hug by Jez Alborough I considered it a sweet wordless picture book which depicts the common “first time I was separated from my parents” tale but the more I considered the illustrations the more apparent underlining themes became. Hug is not only a story of getting lost; it is also a story of the human need to express love and the equality for compassion we all carry. The ability to express affection overshadows our cognitive list of differences. Through whimsical depiction Alborough expresses this need so effectively, readers of all ages can engage in the experience.
Hug tells the story of a young chimpanzee who is wandering the jungle alone. On his journey he encounters multiples of all types of animals, all of which are embracing. The chimp asks for such affection to be reciprocated onto him, but when no one does so he becomes distraught. An elephant comes to his aid and helps guide the young chimpanzee through his adventure; which ultimately ends with unification of the jungle.
By having the chimp ask a multitude of animals for a hug, Alborough draws a parallel to the human inhibition to seek affection. Through this physical process of asking for love, the chimp actually expresses a need for acceptance, in that people often seek acceptance through the love of others. Also by having other species join in care for the chimp, Alborough brushes over themes of equality in that cultural, physical and ethnic background do not define our ability to accept differences. Love is a universal experience which transcends differences, not a selective expression dictated by similarities
Hug tells the story of a young chimpanzee who is wandering the jungle alone. On his journey he encounters multiples of all types of animals, all of which are embracing. The chimp asks for such affection to be reciprocated onto him, but when no one does so he becomes distraught. An elephant comes to his aid and helps guide the young chimpanzee through his adventure; which ultimately ends with unification of the jungle.
By having the chimp ask a multitude of animals for a hug, Alborough draws a parallel to the human inhibition to seek affection. Through this physical process of asking for love, the chimp actually expresses a need for acceptance, in that people often seek acceptance through the love of others. Also by having other species join in care for the chimp, Alborough brushes over themes of equality in that cultural, physical and ethnic background do not define our ability to accept differences. Love is a universal experience which transcends differences, not a selective expression dictated by similarities
November 8, 2022
A cute little chimpanzee named Bobo wanders away from its mother as it watches other wild animals affectionately hug their offspring. The animals all pitch in to help find the one Bobo wants to hug.
A cute story is told with just three words and some very adorable pictures.
A cute story is told with just three words and some very adorable pictures.
February 3, 2016
Super cute story and only one word, so my 4 1/2 year old was able to read it himself.
April 26, 2024
I hate this book. Poor Bobo wants a hug but no one will give him one. And where is his mother? Did he run off? Stupid book.
November 22, 2023
absolutely shattered my heart only to mend it again
March 18, 2019
This book is just brilliant. So much is conveyed in just one word. Of course when I read it with Ada and Everett, we spend a lot of time talking about what is going on. Bobo, a young chimp, is walking through the jungle when he comes upon other animals hugging a parent. When Bobo seems downcast, the mother elephant takes Bobo on a search for it's mother. On the way we see other young creatures with a parent. When I ask if each animal is Bobo's mother, Ada emphatically responds, "No, No, No!" We are all relieved when Mommy and Bobo are finally reunited.
It was interesting reading other readers comments about what is going on in this book. At no time have I ever thought that Bobo wanted affection from these other animals. I just thought that seeing them made him miss his own mother.
It was interesting reading other readers comments about what is going on in this book. At no time have I ever thought that Bobo wanted affection from these other animals. I just thought that seeing them made him miss his own mother.
May 5, 2024
Jack borrowed this book from the Ashland Public Library.
I picked it because it doesn’t have a lot of words, so he can enjoy “reading” it himself and looking at the expressive pictures. he has recently been very interested in Goodnight Gorilla, which has a very similar structure. He has also had fun, making monkey noises, and selfishly, I want him to learn the word hug so he will ask me for a hugs and give them to me when I ask for them.
Overall, it’s super cute story about a little monkey who sees all these other animals getting hugs and wants a hug from his mama, and of course, he is reunited with his mama for a hug. Then, all the animals hug.
After just one read, Jack was trying to say hug and gave me a hug. So mission accomplished.
I picked it because it doesn’t have a lot of words, so he can enjoy “reading” it himself and looking at the expressive pictures. he has recently been very interested in Goodnight Gorilla, which has a very similar structure. He has also had fun, making monkey noises, and selfishly, I want him to learn the word hug so he will ask me for a hugs and give them to me when I ask for them.
Overall, it’s super cute story about a little monkey who sees all these other animals getting hugs and wants a hug from his mama, and of course, he is reunited with his mama for a hug. Then, all the animals hug.
After just one read, Jack was trying to say hug and gave me a hug. So mission accomplished.
April 4, 2017
Looking forward to sharing this with my Tots in Storytime!
April 10, 2018
Simple but lovely book for the wee ones. Not much in the way of prose/verse, but beautiful animal illustrations and a great story that doesn't need many words.
My daughter loved it, and wanted re-reads.
My daughter loved it, and wanted re-reads.
April 9, 2022
My fav book as a kid 🎈
January 14, 2024
He got to see his mom again!
February 23, 2024
Goes so hard.
January 11, 2023
10/10 one of the best books I read as a kid
February 21, 2018
"Hug" is a very sweet story about a lonely monkey walking in the wild. Throughout the story the monkey is walking around and observing other animals. All the other animals had one thing in common, they had company and the monkey was all alone. All the monkey said was "hug" he showed he wanted attention and wanted his mommy. The rest of the animals begin to take notice of him and decide to help him. This wordless book is great for kids to start their imagination running. Having pictures and very little to no words, will have children creating stories on their own while flipping the pages.
"Hug" is very captivating to the eye, the colorful cartoon-like pictures are what stood out to me. I could see the animals moving through the pictures. the monkey's character is definitely by his actions. The way he puts his little head down when he sees everyone else is accompanied expect for him. While the rest of the animals are flat characters they are still critical for the story line because they help him. I believe this book is great for young children who may be reluctant readers or are still learning to read. This book can essentially be for anyone that wants to get a good read.
"Hug" is very captivating to the eye, the colorful cartoon-like pictures are what stood out to me. I could see the animals moving through the pictures. the monkey's character is definitely by his actions. The way he puts his little head down when he sees everyone else is accompanied expect for him. While the rest of the animals are flat characters they are still critical for the story line because they help him. I believe this book is great for young children who may be reluctant readers or are still learning to read. This book can essentially be for anyone that wants to get a good read.
September 1, 2013
This is an adorable story, that the children will love and empathise with. It is about a young monkey called Bobo, who is lost and needs a 'HUG' from his Mummy. He wonders around the jungle trying to get hugs from all kinds of jungle animals and notices that every animal he asks already have someone to hug, but unfortunately for Bobo no hugs for him. As the build-up has led you to believe, he eventually finds him Mummy and gets his long awaited hug.
What is unique about this book, is that there are only three words used in the whole story - 'hug' being the main one, 'Mummy' and 'Bobo'. Even so the momentum of the book, combined with the lavish illustrations, still manage to tell a wonderful tale. It is a good book to help early readers and promoting understanding of the shapes of the letters to form the three words. Repeat reading will, hopefully, instil recognition.
Activities:
* You might want to help progresss their reading and writing but seeing what other words can be made using the letters from the book for example, if you take away the 'h' and if you add another letter to the end of 'hug'
* In PSHE the children might want to discuss the importance of giving each other hugs and how they make you feel and for the older or more abled children they might suggest writing a story similar to Bobo's story exploring different emotions
* Art - Drawing and depicting the jungle habitat and exotic animals
* Science - The habitat in the jungle can be examined and the heat as well as the animals that live there
* Numeracy - counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing the animals.
I think this is suitable for 0 - 5yrs as it offers a diverse wealth of topic matters that you can strategically use it to keep children interested. It is an exquisite, charming and delightful little book and would heartily recommend.
What is unique about this book, is that there are only three words used in the whole story - 'hug' being the main one, 'Mummy' and 'Bobo'. Even so the momentum of the book, combined with the lavish illustrations, still manage to tell a wonderful tale. It is a good book to help early readers and promoting understanding of the shapes of the letters to form the three words. Repeat reading will, hopefully, instil recognition.
Activities:
* You might want to help progresss their reading and writing but seeing what other words can be made using the letters from the book for example, if you take away the 'h' and if you add another letter to the end of 'hug'
* In PSHE the children might want to discuss the importance of giving each other hugs and how they make you feel and for the older or more abled children they might suggest writing a story similar to Bobo's story exploring different emotions
* Art - Drawing and depicting the jungle habitat and exotic animals
* Science - The habitat in the jungle can be examined and the heat as well as the animals that live there
* Numeracy - counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing the animals.
I think this is suitable for 0 - 5yrs as it offers a diverse wealth of topic matters that you can strategically use it to keep children interested. It is an exquisite, charming and delightful little book and would heartily recommend.
September 13, 2024
This story is about hugs and jungle animals. The main character is a monkey who is sad because he has no one to hug. He wanders through the jungle seeing all the other animals giving their families hugs. He asks the jungle animals for hugs. Unfortunately, he doesn't receive hugs from them. They then hold a jungle wide meeting to hear out the monkey and they all watch him cry. In the distance his mom calls out to him! He finally got his hug.
I thought this book was super cute. There was only one word in the whole book and it was "hug." I like that the story was left to our imagination. It could speak to many kids who are longing for that hug and comfort. It is emotional because it makes you feel sad at first because you are sad for the monkey, but you become happy in the end because he is reunited with his mom.
This book could be a bit sensitive in a classroom setting if a student has just lost a loved one. It would be best to get to know the students in your classroom and assess if this book would be a good idea before reading it.
I thought this book was super cute. There was only one word in the whole book and it was "hug." I like that the story was left to our imagination. It could speak to many kids who are longing for that hug and comfort. It is emotional because it makes you feel sad at first because you are sad for the monkey, but you become happy in the end because he is reunited with his mom.
This book could be a bit sensitive in a classroom setting if a student has just lost a loved one. It would be best to get to know the students in your classroom and assess if this book would be a good idea before reading it.
March 20, 2014
Book Review 9 - Hug – Jez Alborough
This story is one, which I believe relates to all humans, as all of us during a certain point in our lives will have wanted a hug from our mothers. Bobo the monkey is lost and needs a desperate ‘HUG’ from his Mummy. He travels and adventures around the jungle in search of hugs from all types of different animals, however, he notices that each animal he meets already has someone to hug. The story has a happy ending and one, which will touch a soft spot in everyone’s hearts and leave a stamp of approval of this adorable story. The illustrations of this book are bold and effective. They keep the reader engaged and compliment the story very well as well as the repetitive nature of the book. The book is from early years to key stage one but as mentioned earlier it definitely is a book for everyone to read at least once in his or her lifetime. The book can bring up many themes and discussions if read out aloud in circle time.
This story is one, which I believe relates to all humans, as all of us during a certain point in our lives will have wanted a hug from our mothers. Bobo the monkey is lost and needs a desperate ‘HUG’ from his Mummy. He travels and adventures around the jungle in search of hugs from all types of different animals, however, he notices that each animal he meets already has someone to hug. The story has a happy ending and one, which will touch a soft spot in everyone’s hearts and leave a stamp of approval of this adorable story. The illustrations of this book are bold and effective. They keep the reader engaged and compliment the story very well as well as the repetitive nature of the book. The book is from early years to key stage one but as mentioned earlier it definitely is a book for everyone to read at least once in his or her lifetime. The book can bring up many themes and discussions if read out aloud in circle time.
October 9, 2018
I struggle with any book that hasn't got a verbal story and though I understand its intended to promote discussing it with the child it's just not something I enjoy and perhaps that rubbed off as Callum didn't like it either.
September 25, 2007
This book is about a baby monkey running around the jungle trying to find someone to give him a hug. If you ever feel bummed out about the level of physical affection in your life, sit with this.
August 19, 2008
I bought this because it was on a list by Oprah, she failed me again. We never read this one.
April 15, 2014
My son loves to read this book to himself. Very endearing book.
December 31, 2014
Devastating.
September 10, 2015
This is an adorable book for the very young: babies and toddlers. By the time a preschooler can read this book, he or she will have outgrown it. But it would make a great baby shower gift.
January 1, 2019
The entire book consists of "hug, momma, Bobo" drawing are nice but don't expect to engage with your baby.
December 1, 2021
Once again I seriously differ from the greater goodreads community.
I think this book is downright awful.
The first reason is that it is based off of the sight word principle. There is a story, told in pictures, but there are only three words in the entire book 'hug' 'bobo' and 'mommy'. 'Hug' is repeated 26 times, 'mommy' is twice and 'bobo' is twice. I think this is utterly pointless. No. That is not strong enough, it is not that I think it is utterly pointless. It is utterly pointless. The sight word principle is false. Those who speak English, the very nature of how we write English down invalidates the sight word principle. We have a phonetic alphabet. Symbols encode sounds. We have to learn each sound and what it codes to be able to put them together into novel combinations or to be able to decode combinations that we have not yet encountered. Take the word 'Jerusalem'. A child who has been taught using the sight word principle cannot read it. They are not capable of extrapolating patterns from one word to another, they will look at the first bit and, if they are religious, recognize that the beginning looks like 'Jesus' and just say 'Jesus' instead of even attempting the rest of the word. And I don't blame them! They haven't been given the tools to try. The sight word principle is bloody ridiculous for English because you have to memorize each individual word based on its shape. It's an ignorant, useless, idiotic way to completely ignore and invalidate every thing that makes the alphabet useful! Even languages that are based on the sight word principle, logographic languages, aren't this stupid. Gah. It boggles my mind. Japanese and Chinese, for instance, are logographic languages, but you don't have to memorize each individual shape, because the shapes are repetitious. Take: 水 which means 'water' it reappears! 氷, add one stroke and you get ice. It gets simplified into its radical form which looks like the left side of this: 泣. Then you know, every symbol that has those three lines is going to have something to do with water. 泣く、泳ぐ、汗、泥、池. 'cry', 'swim', 'sweat', 'mud', 'pond'. It's systematic, and that's what makes it work. The sight word principle in English is NOT systematic, because English is not semantically systematic! It is phonetically systematic! WHY do people insist on this?!?!?! IT makes me want to bang my head against the wall and rescue poor illiterate children from these evil purveyors of pure unadulterated ignorance. How does something that is so utterly divorced from reality come to pervade a society?
Don't teach your children sight reading for English. It does not work. It's a way to completely retard your child's reading skills for life. Teach them phonetics. Unlock the code for them, don't force them to live in darkness unable to access the written word.
So...yeah. I'm a bit passionate about that.
Other ways that this book is dumb: the monkey has an appropriately ethnic name, but then he calls his dam 'mommy'. If you are going to make sure that they character of your 'story', I hesitate to call it such, is correctly named for the culture that you are portraying, would you not also make sure that the character is using a culturally appropriate term by which to refer to a female progenitor? That would make sense to me.
You know, kind of like how when Japanese manga is translated into English they leave the honorifics intact and just spell them out in English, because there is no equivalent in English and you miss all the nuance if you just put Mr. for everything? Best decision TokyoPop ever made. Thank you fan made translations. Power to the people, forcing publishing houses to abandon their stupid ethnocentricities. Ahem.
That is neither here nor there.
The story itself is dumb. If the little monkey wants a hug, why don't the other animals give it a hug? They wander around not giving this poor, lonesome baby monkey a hug, instead just looking at it concernedly, as if there is some taboo against hugging another species...but wait! No! There isn't! Because they all hug each other interspecially at the end! Why didn't they just do that first!?
Story: The pictures had a narrative, the words didn't.
Art: Meh
Price: $11.99
I think this book is downright awful.
The first reason is that it is based off of the sight word principle. There is a story, told in pictures, but there are only three words in the entire book 'hug' 'bobo' and 'mommy'. 'Hug' is repeated 26 times, 'mommy' is twice and 'bobo' is twice. I think this is utterly pointless. No. That is not strong enough, it is not that I think it is utterly pointless. It is utterly pointless. The sight word principle is false. Those who speak English, the very nature of how we write English down invalidates the sight word principle. We have a phonetic alphabet. Symbols encode sounds. We have to learn each sound and what it codes to be able to put them together into novel combinations or to be able to decode combinations that we have not yet encountered. Take the word 'Jerusalem'. A child who has been taught using the sight word principle cannot read it. They are not capable of extrapolating patterns from one word to another, they will look at the first bit and, if they are religious, recognize that the beginning looks like 'Jesus' and just say 'Jesus' instead of even attempting the rest of the word. And I don't blame them! They haven't been given the tools to try. The sight word principle is bloody ridiculous for English because you have to memorize each individual word based on its shape. It's an ignorant, useless, idiotic way to completely ignore and invalidate every thing that makes the alphabet useful! Even languages that are based on the sight word principle, logographic languages, aren't this stupid. Gah. It boggles my mind. Japanese and Chinese, for instance, are logographic languages, but you don't have to memorize each individual shape, because the shapes are repetitious. Take: 水 which means 'water' it reappears! 氷, add one stroke and you get ice. It gets simplified into its radical form which looks like the left side of this: 泣. Then you know, every symbol that has those three lines is going to have something to do with water. 泣く、泳ぐ、汗、泥、池. 'cry', 'swim', 'sweat', 'mud', 'pond'. It's systematic, and that's what makes it work. The sight word principle in English is NOT systematic, because English is not semantically systematic! It is phonetically systematic! WHY do people insist on this?!?!?! IT makes me want to bang my head against the wall and rescue poor illiterate children from these evil purveyors of pure unadulterated ignorance. How does something that is so utterly divorced from reality come to pervade a society?
Don't teach your children sight reading for English. It does not work. It's a way to completely retard your child's reading skills for life. Teach them phonetics. Unlock the code for them, don't force them to live in darkness unable to access the written word.
So...yeah. I'm a bit passionate about that.
Other ways that this book is dumb: the monkey has an appropriately ethnic name, but then he calls his dam 'mommy'. If you are going to make sure that they character of your 'story', I hesitate to call it such, is correctly named for the culture that you are portraying, would you not also make sure that the character is using a culturally appropriate term by which to refer to a female progenitor? That would make sense to me.
You know, kind of like how when Japanese manga is translated into English they leave the honorifics intact and just spell them out in English, because there is no equivalent in English and you miss all the nuance if you just put Mr. for everything? Best decision TokyoPop ever made. Thank you fan made translations. Power to the people, forcing publishing houses to abandon their stupid ethnocentricities. Ahem.
That is neither here nor there.
The story itself is dumb. If the little monkey wants a hug, why don't the other animals give it a hug? They wander around not giving this poor, lonesome baby monkey a hug, instead just looking at it concernedly, as if there is some taboo against hugging another species...but wait! No! There isn't! Because they all hug each other interspecially at the end! Why didn't they just do that first!?
Story: The pictures had a narrative, the words didn't.
Art: Meh
Price: $11.99
September 5, 2024
HUG, by Jez Alborough was a very good book to read. The story is about hugs and jungle animals. The main character is a baby monkey, who wonders through the jungle. Along the path he notices others jungle animal families giving hugs to each other. The monkey doesn't have anyone to give him a hug, which make him sad. The other jungle animals gather around the monkey to listen to his complaint and watch him cry. Then. in the distance, someone calls his name, 'Bobo', it was his mommy. The monkey runs to his mom and finally gets his hug.
This book was an enjoyable read. It brought me through various emotions of sadness, joy and laughter. The pictures gave more to the story than the single to few words written on the pages. I love the portrayal of loneliness the monkey felt seeing all the other animals hugging their loved ones and he had no one to hug. I also liked the portrayal of unity within the community which gave a listening ear to what the monkey was going through. I also shared in the exciting and happy experience when the monkey finds his mom and receives the hug he was longing for.
I think this book can be read/relatable to all age/grade levels. It can be used to teach the values of love, family togetherness and community spirit. This book can be aligned with children entering a new environment, like a new school, or new home and not finding a comforting space at first but then finds someone well known or someone secures their sense of security/trust.
This book was an enjoyable read. It brought me through various emotions of sadness, joy and laughter. The pictures gave more to the story than the single to few words written on the pages. I love the portrayal of loneliness the monkey felt seeing all the other animals hugging their loved ones and he had no one to hug. I also liked the portrayal of unity within the community which gave a listening ear to what the monkey was going through. I also shared in the exciting and happy experience when the monkey finds his mom and receives the hug he was longing for.
I think this book can be read/relatable to all age/grade levels. It can be used to teach the values of love, family togetherness and community spirit. This book can be aligned with children entering a new environment, like a new school, or new home and not finding a comforting space at first but then finds someone well known or someone secures their sense of security/trust.
April 17, 2019
There is only one word in this book and that word is HUG. The illustrations in this book share a cute Story about a young baby chimp. This book has a very simple plot that helps babies and toddlers understand at a very young age. This book introduces babies and toddlers to plots and conflict in a book. During this book the baby chimp is a search for a hug from his mother. the baby chimp runs into different animals throughout his journey. The illustrations in this book are fun to look at and are able to show you so much emotion. When I was reading this book to my other cousin she was able to make a sad face when the chimp was sad and a happy face when the baby chimp was happy. I would encourage buying this book for your baby or young toddler. I very much enjoyed this book when I was young.
May 11, 2019
I saw this book recommended for early readers. While otherwise it may be more geared towards toddlers, this book is PERFECT for those new readers who struggle with the desire to read because it seems HARD. I always try to find books that I KNOW my son can read, to help build his confidence, and this was perfect for that purpose.
This book has only 3 words- Hug, Bobo, and Mommy. The story is mostly told in the illustrations, and my son LOVED that he could easily read every page. A winner for our purposes, for sure.
This book has only 3 words- Hug, Bobo, and Mommy. The story is mostly told in the illustrations, and my son LOVED that he could easily read every page. A winner for our purposes, for sure.
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