The Catalogue of Hugs
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Author and dad-fluencer Joshua David Stein offers up an array of parent-and-child hugs, from the classic to the humorously questionable, each one cleverly titled and informatively illustrated.
For affectionate families everywhere comes this engaging reference volume featuring 25 kinds of hugs. From the more traditional to the all-out risky, this collection runs a creatively wide gamut of ways to embrace...and by doing so, brings comfort to the forefront of conversation. Every hug was field-tested by the author and his sons, and titled for practicality and kicks. The Quentin Blake-esque drawings are rendered with graceful accuracy and joy by artist Elizabeth Lilly. The pure physicality of being a child – or being a parent – is documented with wit and style for both to enjoy.
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The father and son authors of this picture book survey hug types gentle, rambunctious, and in-between, humorously detailing variations of the embrace for an array of situations. In each spread, the name of a particular hug style appears alongside one of Lilly's wispy, sketch-lined images of adults and children demonstrating the interaction. Using ample white space, blocks of color pop in the depictions of people with a range of abilities and skin tones wearing brightly accented clothing or accessories. Hug type "the Frontpack" accompanies an image of an adult who uses a prosthetic leg holding a child to their front; "the Flying Squirrel" envisages a collision about to occur; and "the Necklace" attends an image of a child hanging from an adult's neck. A final spread invites readers to experiment with a bonus list of hug styles, including "the Hot Cocoa," "the Tuba" and "the Puppy Hug." Ages 2–5.
