Our Friend Hedgehog: A Place to Call Home. Lauren Castillo. 2022. [October 18] 80 pages. [Source: Library]
First sentence: Between the great forests, in the center of the river, on a teeny-tiny island, lived two dear friends: Hedgehog and Mutty.
Premise/plot: Our Friend Hedgehog: A Place to Call Home is the follow up to Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us. The first book established the characters [and setting]. The second book explores the meaning of home, family, and belonging. Hedgehog, our heroine, is super-excited about winter. She is excited to build a hedgehog out of snow, to have snowball fights, to play with her newfound friends. But an unexpected encounter with another hedgehog has her rethinking her life. Does she belong with her found-family of friends? Or does she belong with others of her kind? Should she feel more a sense of belonging with other hedgehogs?
My thoughts: I really am enjoying this series very much. I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the illustrations. The characters are well done. I wouldn't mind a couple more books in this series. I'm sure the love will only increase the more adventures we have. I love how her friends come together to help, support, and encourage. Slowly but surely other characters are being explored as the adventures increase.
© 2022 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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