Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton - OPTIONAL

Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton. PICTURE BOOK. G. F. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin Young Readers Group), 2018. $17. 9781524737122

EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL 

Hedgehog wakes up and starts unsuccessfully looking for someone to give him a hug.  He runs into danger with a fox and in his fragile state after that encounter, finally finds a friend who also needs a hug. 

The illustrations in this book are cute, old fashioned watercolors and the story is sweet.  That said, there just isn’t much depth or nuance to the book and it fell a bit flat for me. 

Jen Wecker