Hug Time

by Patrick McDonnell

Overview

A "New York Times" bestseller from the creator of "MUTTS" is now available asa child-friendly board book. Full color.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316182959
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	01/02/2012
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Patrick McDonnell’s beloved and award-winning comic strip, MUTTS, has appeared in over 700 newspapers across 20 countries for 30 years. Charles Schulz called it “One of the best comics strips of all time.” Patrick is the author of several New York Times bestselling picture books, including The Gift of Nothing, and the Caldecott Honor winning Me...Jane. Both have been adapted as musicals for the Kennedy Center stage. Other children’s books include Hug Time, A Perfectly Messed-Up Story, The Monsters’ Monster, and Thank You and Goodnight. Patrick was a member of the Board of Directors of The Humane Society of the United States for 18 years and currently serves on the boards of The Charles M. Schulz Museum and D&R Greenway Land Trust. He lives in New Jersey.

Editorial Reviews

McDonnell, creator of the "Mutts" comic strip, knows how to make a little ink go a long way, which is a relief in the overdone universe of picture books. Likewise his message is at once spare and complex.
—The Washington Post

Carolyn Hax

I'll give away the ending: "The world is so big ... / And yet so small, / It's time that we embrace it all. / That's something that we all can do. / Start with the one who's closest to you." Hard to argue with that if you're a 4-year-old, or the parent of one, however much the cynic in either of you might want to. Hard also to argue with McDonnell's sublime drawing of teeny Jules just managing to hug the chin of a huge, very content blue whale—the whale might be purring—or his evocation of a starry night sky with a Jackson Pollock vocabulary of blots and drips. Simple but effective, like the book itself.
—The New York Times

Bruce Handy

"This would be a fine gift or story-time choice."—Kirkus Reviews

"McDonnell, creator of the comic strip Mutts, has a fan base that will greet this book with open arms."—Publishers Weekly

Praise for MUTTS:

National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year 1999
National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for Comic Strip of the Year 1997
Harvey Award for Best Comic Strip 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
PETA Humanitarian Award 2001

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