Lyons Regional Library

A little porcupine just wants a hug, but all the other animals shy away from his prickly spikes--except for a snake.

A bear who loves to hug everything meets a human who is about to chop down a tree, and the bear must make a decision on how to save his forest.

Tiny T. Rex wants to cheer up his friend, Pointy, with a hug, but he is frustrated because even as he gets bigger, his arms remain too small for proper hugging--but he is determined to practice, even when he gets into trouble.

A slug gets a hug, and passes along the kindness to other animals.

When Owen sends a real hug to his grandmother for her birthday, he inadvertently brings cheer to the postal workers as they pass the hug along.

A series of vignettes provide an imaginative glimpse into a child's journey to adulthood, at every stage of life asking the child for just one more hug

"Little Hog is the cutest, cuddliest hog in the whole forest, and everyone wants to hug him! But one day Little Hog gets fed up with all this hugging -- he's too grown up for that. Can his friends persuade him that you can never be too old for a hug?" -- provided by the publisher.

Shelly worries that her pet monster, Hugsby, will not seem special on Monster Show-And-Tell day compared to other monsters that can sing, bake cookies, do backflips, and perform other talents.

Hank is the prickliest cactus in the entire world. He sits in a pot in a window that faces the empty desert, which is just how he likes it. So, when all manner of creatures—from tumbleweed to lizard to owl—come to disturb his peace, Hank is annoyed. He doesn’t like noise, he doesn’t like rowdiness, and definitely does not like hugs. But the thing is, no one is offering one. Who would want to hug a plant so mean? Hank is beginning to discover...

Rhyming text celebrates hugs between animal babies and parents from aroudn the world.