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32 pp.
| Simon
| July, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-1291-0$15.99
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Illustrated by
Gwen Millward.
"Can you hug some billy goats? / Entice them with a bag of oats!" Well-metered verse describes the conundrum of one brave boy who, after watching his friends hug horses, cows, bunnies, pigs, yaks, and a host of other animals, figures out the best way to hug a porcupine: "carefully!" Finely detailed watercolors suggest the delicacy required for this potentially prickly pursuit.