The hug
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. Follow Hedgehog's sto...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Faber & Faber,
2019.
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| Summary: | 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. Follow Hedgehog's story and then flip the book and read Tortoise's until they meet in the middle. |
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| Item Description: | Tête-bêche format. |
| Physical Description: | 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780571348756 0571348750 9780571340019 0571340016 |
| Author Notes: | Polly Dunbar is one of the most well known illustrators working in the UK today. Polly's bestselling book, Penguin , has won numerous awards including the BookTrust Early Year's Award , the Nestle Silver Children's Book Prize , the Red House Children's Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal . Polly was chosen as one of BookTrust's Ten Best illustrators . Polly is the illustrator of Shoe Baby , Pat-a-Cake Baby and two picture books written by David Almond. Polly created Tilly and Friends, a series which is now animated on CBeebies and many of her other stories have been adapted for the stage. She is also co-founder of an award-winning theatre company . Polly lives in the Waveny Valley, Suffolk with her family. |
