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The Perfect Hug by Joanna Walsh and Judi Abbot (view source)
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|title=The Perfect Hug
|sort=Perfect Hug, The
|author=Joanna Walsh and Judi Abbot
|reviewer=Zoe PageMorris
|genre=For Sharing
|rating=4
|publisher=Simon & Schuster Children's Books
|date=January 2014
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|summary=Panda is looking for not just any hug, but the perfect hug in this cute book for reading together.
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I always read these books aloud, even if I don’t have a child immediately handy, and this one wasn’t as flowy as some: it switches from rhyming to plain text, and short to long phrases quite a bit, and the result is a bit clunky if you try to read it through, without stopping to examine or discuss the pictures (or have a hug) with every page turn.
This is a fun, silly book and the illustrations complement is it well, lots of thick lines and bold colours, nothing too fancy and intricate. The cover boasts of hugs on every page, and I think it would be hard to read this book together and not have hug after hug as you turn the pages, which I think is just a lovely idea, albeit not an especially original one. Well aimed at pre-schoolers, this book turns story time storytime into hug time. Who could object to that?
Thanks go to the publishers for supplying this book. We also have a review of [[I Love Mum by Joanna Walsh and Judi Abbot]].
Hugs are big business in the kiddie market. [[Hugless Douglas Finds A Hug by David Melling]] and [[One More Hug For Nutmeg by Caroline Jayne Church]] are both recommended, while [[Upside Down Babies by Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds]] is my favourite snuggle -up book from last year.
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