I borrowed this book from the University of Newcastle Resource Centre about half a year ago and have been renewing it! Both the Angel and I love the book sooooo much!

Hug is the main theme. It is such a lovely book to read and you will end up with lots of cuddles, too! It is suitable for all ages! From two, to six to thirty-one!

In the author’s (Jez Alborough) own words,

“The fun comes in deciding what you tell in words and what is best said in pictures. Hug is a very simple story but it has this universal theme. It became clear to me early on that the story was best told by the pictures - in the end I cut the text down to only three words.”

Recently, we have been going to Seven Stories - a most inspiring place for children’s books by British writers. I must give thanks to one of the most amazing person I have met here, G, who has shown us a lot of kindness, and who has given us the gift of an annual pass to Seven Stories. In the gallery, Hug is one of the current exhibits and you see the book comes alive, with the main characters, BoBo and his Mummy and “HUG” cushions!

We have been drooling over buying the book from the Seven Stories Bookshop but today, we found it at only £2 from a clearance bookshop at Metro Centre (Europe’s leargest shopping centre just not too far from we live)!

How appropriate at a time when we both need it.

I feel more triumphant than defeated now when I look at the book! Can’t help smiling!

If you haven’t read it, find it in the library or bookshop (just found out it cost only USD$0.07 from Amazon or £0.01 from Amazon UK!!!) Trust me, you won’t stop simling, too.