• The Very Best Hug

The Very Best Hug

Illustrator
Alison Brown
Publication Date
January 24, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  K − 1st
The Very Best Hug

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Description

A delightful picture book about the power of hugs, from the mega-bestselling creators of I Love You Night and Day, You Make Me Happy and I'll Never Let You Go.

Have you ever wondered who gives the very BEST hug?

The kind that's warm and cozy and snug?

Extra squeezy, but never too tight, the kind that fits you COMPLETELY right?

From bear hugs to koala cuddles, hippo huddles to walrus wiggles, penguin pecks to porcupine prickles, there are a LOT of hugs to choose from.

But the perfect hug may not be far-in fact, it might be right where you are! Who gives the best hugs? Have you guessed? It's the ones at home, who love you the best!

Full of silly and snuggly animal cuddles, this irresistible story from the bestselling creators Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Alison Brown is perfect for sharing and reading aloud.

Publication date
January 24, 2023
Classification
Non-fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9781547612369
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Hugging

Kirkus

A delightfully silly celebration of familial love.

Publishers Weekly

Searching for "the BEST hug," a child experiences alliterative animalian snuggles, including a "kangaroo kiss," a "cobra clinch," and a "hedgehog huggle," in this picture book search for a just-right embrace. Depicted in turn via Brown's loosely drawn domestic vignettes, different critters smother and smooch a pale-skinned protagonist during an apparent bedtime routine for an effect both tender and comic. "Nightingales love to nestle" amid the child's unruly curls, a "skunk squeeze" sees the creature's black tail tickling the child's nose, and a rhino "wrestle" unfolds like a pillow fight. "You might not be quite ready to rumble in this rambunctious rough and tumble," Prasadam-Halls observes in rhyming narration before launching into further suggestions that lead to the child carried to bed by a "meerkat mosh." But while the monkeying around amuses, it's a squeeze that emphasizes the value of family that fits "completely right," making for an eminently huggable ending. Ages up to 5. (Jan.)

Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.

School Library Journal

With nearly endless variations, Prasadam-Halls has made hugging into a zoo of opportunity for passing the love around.
Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Smriti Prasadam-Halls is an award-winning children's author published in more than thirty-five languages. Her picture books include the Wall Street Journal and #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller I Love You Night and Day, I'll Never Let You Go, You Make Me Happy, and Kiss it Better, plus modern classics Rain Before Rainbows and I'm Sticking with You. others. She lives and works in London.

Alison Brown studied Fine Art at Liverpool and then became a graphic designer. She is the illustrator of the Wall Street Journal and #1 Publishers Weekly bestseller I Love You Night and Day, I'll Never Let You Go, Snow Bear, You Make Me Happy, and the Little Owl series by Debi Gliori. Alison lives in the United Kingdom.