Hug Me - Hardcover

Stren, Patti

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060293179 ISBN 13: 9780060293178

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2001

Synopsis

Originally published in 1977, the classic tale of an adorable porcupine named Elliot Kravitz who desperately searches for a friend to hug is filled with vibrant new illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

Canadian-born Patti Stren has written and illustrated seventeen books, including There's a Rainbow In My Closet, which is currently being made info a live-action/animated television series by Original Pictures, GinéGroupe, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her creation Mona is featured in Mona Mon Amour, a short animated film directed, produced, and animated by Academy Award-nominated animator Michael Sporn. Another one of her creations -- a charming crocodile -- is the mascot of GROG (Citizens Reunited to Overcome Cancer). Patti lives in New York City with her husband, a physician, and their menagerie of pets that includes Bubba the python. Like Elliot Patti needs her daily ration of hugs, but she refrains from hugging Bubba because he tends to get carried away.

From Publishers Weekly:

A couple of Valentine reissues appear in time to say, "Be mine." Patti Stren's Hug Me (1977) the story of Elliot Kravitz, a love-starved porcupine in search of an embrace returns with fresh comic illustrations. Dialogue bubbles add humorous detail to Stren's uplifting tale of a fellow who finally finds someone to hug.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060293179
• ISBN 13: 9780060293178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32