Hedgehogs are cute and resourceful. We don't have hedgehogs in Australia and that is why we think they are special, endearing and a novelty. They are covered with stiff, hollow hairs they use to defend themselves. When they sense danger, they roll into a ball so that their hairs stick out like spines, causing pain to anyone silly enough to touch. They have an amazing sense of smell and can find food buried under an inch of soil.
They are very popular characters in stories, especially stories set in England. Recently I highlighted all the series of books about rabbits with my students and many of them were borrowed. So where to next? There are some very good book series that do feature hedgehogs!
• There's the series of picture books by M. Christina Butler and Tina Macnaughton. They are about Little Hedgehog which preschoolers love because he has the same concerns as them and many of the pages have 'flock' where children can experience the texture of his red hat.
• There's the three books by Rosie Wellesley, that started with The Very Helpful Hedgehog.
• There's five books in the Hedgehugs series by Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson
• There's the series Hedgehog and Friends by Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar that began with The Hug and now has five books.
• There's the new books by Britta Teckentrup about Big Hedgehog and Little Hedgehog that look like they are going to be a series.
• Then there's the lovely Acorn Hello Hedgehog! series about two friends, Hedgehog and Harry by Norm Feuti. There are now six books in this series and they are perfect for beginning readers.
• There's a small step up in difficulty then to these two full colour short chapter book series Our Friend Hedgehog by Lauren Castillo and Sydney and Taylor by Jacqueline Davies and Deborah Hocking.
• For more able readers or as a class serial there's always the classic, The Hodgeheg by Dick King Smith and its sequel King Max the Last.
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