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32 pp.
| Golden
| September, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-307-46113-0$$10.99
|
PaperISBN 0-307-26113-1$$3.99
(4)
K-3
Road to Reading series.
Illustrated by
Jim Ishi.
Gently rhyming, very simple text has a bear child asking his parents for hugs, and they respond with variety: "A wet hug? / A dry hug? / A fly up to the sky hug?" Full-color illustrations show the red-cheeked, smiling bears frolicking in fields of smiling flowers under a smiling sun. The greeting-card treatment may turn off some readers, but others will like the sweet tale.