We're looking for the perfect hug. Come on, everyone! Can you find a tiny hug? Yes! Well done!
Join the fun as four little bunnies set off on an exciting lift-the-flap adventure to find the perfect hug. There are lots of cute animal hugs to find-with prickly hedgehog hugs, woolly lamb hugs and fluffy chick hugs hidden under the flaps-but make sure you're quick! The perfect hug might just be waiting back at home! This bouncy, joyful book is the perfect gift for Valentine's Day and EVERY day of the year.
From the bestselling team behind We're Going on an Egg Hunt, We're Going on a Sleigh Ride and We're Going on a Ghost Hunt, this board book adventure is perfect for celebrating all the love you have to share with your little one every day!---from the publisher
22 pages 978-1547615544 Ages 3-5
Keywords: bunnies, adventure, hugs, prediction, lift the flap, fun, interactive book, part of a series, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old
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We're looking for the perfect hug. Come and join the fun!
Once again, the bunnies are off on another adventure - this time they are on a mission to find the perfect hug. But who gives it? The prickly hedgehog? The woolly lamb? The snappy crab? Or the fluffy chick? Surely it can't be wily Mr Fox!
As with the others in the series, this is a joyous romp for our youngest readers through the countryside with lots to discover in the colourful, detailed illustrations and hidden under the flaps so cleverly disguised. As they join in the repetitive phrases that take them through the fields to the vegetable patch, across the lake to the farm and even to the seaside, there are lots of opportunities to help them build their vocabulary about the sorts of things they might expect to find at each location so even if it is unfamiliar to them, they are building a mind-picture for the next story they encounter with that setting. For example, while they are trying to predict where there might be a hug in the Giorgio's Fruit and Vege Patch , they could not only identify the vegetables they know (giving them a sense of empowerment) but learn words like "shed", "wheelbarrow" and "hedgehog" . Sharp eyes might even see the beanstalk which could lead on to the story about Jack's adventure, while others might notice the colour of the leaves in the wheelbarrow and not only be able to identify the season, but perhaps explore why they are no longer green. Such wonderful opportunities for conversations and explorations - there might even be an opening to talk about who and why and when we hug, and sadly, how sometimes it might not be what we want or from someone we like.
Reading the pictures is such an essential early reading behaviour to enable the child to more precisely predict the text, that there is so much more to this series than just the interactivity of lifting the flaps. Add to that, familiar characters doing everyday things that the child will relate to and this is a winning series for our youngest readers.
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Recommended by: Barbara Braxton, Teacher Librarian, New South Wales AUSTRALIA
See more of her recommendations:
500 Hats http://500hats.edublogs.org/
The Bottom Shelf http://thebottomshelf.edublogs.org/
