Hugless Douglas by David Melling (author)

Hugless Douglas

Suitable for 3 – 5 years

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A board book edition of this bestselling picture book.

Hugless Douglas is a huggable, lovable young brown bear who wakes up one morning in need of a hug. He goes to try and find one but none of them seem quite right. Join Douglas on his search for the perfect bear hug!

This is the first adventure in the popular series, which has sold over 1.4 million copies in 26 languages to date. David Melling is one of the UK’s best-loved author-illustrators and his stories combine brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world.

Hello, Hugless Douglas! was a World Book Day picture book in 2014.

‘A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.’ Daily Mail

Product Details

Format

Board Book

ISBN

9781444907636

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Date published

January 5th, 2012

Lexile measure

600L

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

David Melling

Photo of David Melling

David Melling is a best-selling picture book author and illustrator, best known for his hit Hugless Douglas books.

Before creating picture books, David worked as a photographer and as an animation artist for films including the much-loved Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs. He was born in Oxford and still lives near the city with his wife and two children. One of his most popular picture books The Tale of Jack Frost became an award-winning BBC1 animation, shown on Christmas Day.

He has been shortlisted for lots of awards, including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for his first book The Kiss That Missed.

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  1. wallace1
    on 9 April 2012

    it was ok by wallace1

  2. joyce14
    on 17 March 2012

    his so cute

  3. la1397
    on 4 March 2012

    i LOVED reading this book with my baby brother, it was sooo sweet for little ones, and the rhymes kept it fresh for me too! :D

  4. indigobeam
    on 4 March 2012

    This book is cute, sweet and perfect for Young Children!

  5. StarstoneShyElk
    on 2 March 2012

    my family love it everyone should its a fab book!

  6. leSquidge
    on 1 March 2012

    A great bedtime read for my son, he loves looking at the pictures and is a nice story to settle him down for the night.

    4 out of 5

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