Children's Fiction Imagination & Play
Hugs Are (Not) for Everybody
- Publisher
- Owlkids Books Inc.
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2025
- Category
- Imagination & Play, Friendship, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781771476393
- Publish Date
- Mar 2025
- List Price
- $22.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 3 to 7
- Grade: 1 to 12
Description
An upbeat ode to setting and respecting personal boundaries
It’s time for a birthday party! On this happy occasion, a friend arrives with hugs for everybody: in greeting, as a way to celebrate perfectly pinning the tail on the donkey and cracking open the piñata, and of course to wish a happy birthday.
But not everybody wants a hug—and that’s okay! One child prefers to wave hello, and one likes to celebrate with high fives. One even suggests a silly, super-secret handshake that ends with a surprise magic trick. But wait! Are magic tricks for everybody? It turns out, they aren’t for the bunny, who prefers not to disappear. An even sweeter ending? Delicious birthday cake for everyone to enjoy.
The delightful cast of characters from Pink Is for Everybody comes together again in this affirming story about setting and respecting body boundaries. This book cheerfully imparts that there are lots of ways, hugs and otherwise, to say hello, hooray, and happy birthday!
About the authors
ELLA RUSSELL grew up in a house that had a box full of costumes for rainy-day play. The box allowed them to become anybody they wanted—from a swashbuckling pirate to a proper palace-dweller. Ella lives in Toronto, Ontario, with two cheeky but lovable fur-balls named Saffron and Juniper.
Udayana Lugo is a self-taught illustrator of mixed heritage. She is passionate about representation and tries to portray people of different backgrounds and abilities in her work. She works both traditionally and digitally, with a strong preference for watercolors and pencils. She has illustrated more than fifteen books, including the picture books When You Meet a Dragon and Jungle Cat, which was commended as a 2023 CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens. Udayana lives and works on the traditional, ancestral and unceded land of the Musqueam and Squamish Nations, also called Richmond, BC.
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