C. R. Mudgeon
with audio recording
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A set-in-his-ways hedgehog gets a new worldview—and a new friend along the way in this eBook with audio.
C.R. Mudgeon, a sensible hedgehog, likes knowing just what to expect. Always. No surprises, no excitement. So when a noisy new neighbor, Paprika the squirrel, arrives, C.R. Mudgeon is even less cheerful than normal. The sights! The sounds! The peppery, fiery smells! Everything about Paprika is just too much to handle, and C.R. is aching, sneezing, and seeing spots.
But everyone needs quiet sometimes, and when that time comes, C.R. Mudgeon will have just the thing for a new friend in need. And as for himself, he may even discover that a little spice is just what the doctor ordered!
Nuanced, joyful humor permeates the pages of this heartwarming eBook with audio that will make even the littlest, grumpiest curmudgeons want to jump up and dance!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A squirrel named Paprika adds some much needed spice to the titular hedgehog's humdrum routine in this chipper friendship tale. After flamboyant Paprika moves into the tree next door, bright red poppies sprouting outside his door hurt C.R.'s eyes, zesty aromas make his nightly dinner of "celery root soup no lemon" taste bland, and mariachi music rumbles his roof; it's all too much for the quiet, persnickety hedgehog. He's content to read his favorite book, Medical Cures from A to Z, by the fire and treat himself to "one small fig for dessert but only on Tuesdays." But Paprika's neighborly behavior works its magic, and C.R. decides he'd rather be bothered by the commotion than be lonely. Muir (The Little Bitty Bakery) gets the rhythms of two opposite personalities just right, and sprinkles a piquant note of humor over the proceedings. Hector (The Gentleman Bug) also has fun with the contrasts, from C.R.'s cozy slippers and well-worn sweater to Paprika's outrageously patterned frocks and pi ata-festooned abode. Ages 4 8.
