Category: Cute and Cuddly

The Perfect Hug

The Perfect Hug is by Joanna Walsh and Judi Abbot. I really enjoyed this book. It didn’t start the way I thought it would start. When I saw the cover, I thought it would start with “I am a Panada” or “My name is Bob” or something like that, but it didn’t do that. Instead it starts with: “There are hugs for wrigglers, and hugs for gigglers. Hugs that are tickly and hugs that are prickly…” I like that it rhymes. I also like the beat. Its kind of like a primary 2 book, because it uses … and you only learn what … means when you’re in primary 2 or older. There are two amazing words which are also for older kids: enthusiastic and boa constrictor. I really like those words. The drawings are really well done and all of the characters look very very sweet. Even the boa constrictor looks sweet. 

The main character is a Panda who is looking for a perfect hug. He sees animals such as snakes, mice, cats, bugs, bears, snails, spiders and jellyfish…he even sees aliens, robots and dinosaurs but none of them give him a perfect hug. The last page has the perfect hug when he finds a panda friend to hug. 

Hugs are my favourite things. I think they are really important, that is why I loved this book about hugs. Lots of kids my age don’t like hugs, but I think hugs help with all problems. I kind of wished the story was a bit longer and that he tried to hug a cheetah or a dog or some other things as well. 

I would recommend this book to Hollie and the Tavils because they all like hugs too!  

Don’t Call Me Choochie Pooh!

Don’t Call me Choochie Pooh by Sean Taylor & Kate Hindley 

The main character in the story is a dog and the lady who owns him keeps calling him “Choochie Pooh”. This makes the dog super grumpy which is really funny. He is embarrassed because his owner treats him like a baby, but in the end, he makes friends with other dogs and sees that their owners also call them weird things like: “Jiggins Wiggins Cuddle Pie!” and “Hunky Punky Pumpkin Bottom!” and “Little Cutie Patootie!” It’s a lot of fun to say all of the ridiculous names out loud. The story has a happy ending because the dog decides that even though his owner treats him like a baby, he really likes the baby dog treats, so its okay. 

The illustrations in this book are great. Although some pages are dark, most of them are bright and colourful. The pictures are clear and there’s lots of details; there is even dirt on the grass.

I would recommend this as a book to read for your little brother or sister, but actually I think even six-year-olds will find it funny!

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark

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  • The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, by Jill Tomlinson
  • Number of Pages: 99
  • Cool Words: Knackety, Thunderbolt, Enormous, Nocturnal

I love this book. Plop, the barn own, is really cute. He is round and has knackety knees and he keeps falling off his branch. He is also always hungry, like me and my brother!

At the beginning of the book, he is afraid of the dark, but thats a big problem because owls are meant to be nocturnal.

As he goes along and tries going into the dark, he meets different people who tell him something good about it. He meets a boy, who tells him about fire works which Plop really likes. He meets a man who shows him what a telescope is and lets him see the stars. Slowly Plop stops being afraid of the dark and its nice to see him get over his fear.

I would recommend this book to Maide and anyone who is afraid of the dark.