Who Needs a Hug
By (Author) Dean Hacohen
Illustrated by Sherry Scharschmidt
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
6th October 2021
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Board book
24
Width 179mm, Height 179mm, Spine 13mm
301g
Everyone needs a hug sometimes, and for the youngest of listeners, this winsome board book offers the chance to be enfolded in oneand pass it along.
Baby Hippo has a skinned knee. Baby Penguin has dropped its fish. And Baby Raccoon doesnt like loud noises, shrinking as a peal of thunder crashes overhead. Just turn the page of this sweet board book from the creators of Tuck Me In! and Whos Hungry, and you can help an array of baby animals find some loving reassurance in a trusted grown-ups arms. Maybe theres a special someone ready to give you a hug as well! Whether a young child is feeling fear, anger, sadness, or frustration, a hug is the perfect way to say There, there. Everything will be all right.
Dean Hacohen began his career as a copywriter at an ad agency, where he met Sherry Scharschmidt, his first art director partner. He lives in the seaside village of Rowayton, Connecticut.
Sherry Scharschmidt has worked as an art director in agencies from New York to Tokyo. She is now a full- time painter whose rebus-style works feature cats or dogs combined with salvaged sign letters. Sherry Scharschmidt lives and works in Sequim, Washington.