In this sequel to Hedgehugs, Horace and Hattie return for another sweet story of friendship. It’s spring! And everything is colorful—rainbows in the sky and flowers blossoming on trees. When Horace and Hattie Hedgehog see a caterpillar become a butterfly and take flight, they decide to try a transformation of their own. When these two best friends put their minds to solving a problem, nothing can stand in their way!

What Kind of Book is Hedgehugs and the Hattiepillar

Topics

friendship caterpillars butterflies hedgehogs mice, hamster, guinea pigs, etc.spring animals social themes metamorphosis best friends

Genres

fiction

Reviews

Marmee

4.75

The illustrations for this book are super cute, and the story is very sweet. The transformation of the caterpillar into the butterfly followed by the "transformation" of these two friends teach a little something about the animal kingdom and creative thinking.

B is for Bookworm

4.75

This book is really sweet. I love that the caterpillar sparked their curiosity and prompted them to try out an experiment of their own! The illustrations in this book are sweet to match the feel of the story, and I love the soft, beautiful colors!

Lauren Hancock

3.75

The Goodfather

5.50

Mom of Boys

4.50

Book Lists That Include This Book

Books about friendship

Books about caterpillars

Books about butterflies

The Creatives Behind the Book

Author

Steve Wilson

he Hedgehugs are the invention of husband-and-wife team, Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson. Lucy and Steve live in the beautiful Devon countryside with their two little girls and two rabbits (but no hedgehogs – Horace and Hattie keep them busy enough). Together, Lucy and Steve write down the Hedgehugs’ adventures and then Lucy sketches the pictures. If you look very carefully at the illustrations, you’ll see almost everything pictured in the books has a beautiful pattern. That’s because they’re made up of tiny pieces of soft, snuggly fabric, which Lucy salvaged from her little girls’ baby clothes and photographed. So each book is a scrapbook of their babyhood, as well as an enchanting story. Lucy loves drawing in the garden and when he isn’t writing, Steve loves to go for bicycle rides. As well as being husband and wife, and colleagues, too, they are also the very best of friends. There is secretly a little bit of Horace and Hattie in them both

Illustrator

Lucy Tapper

Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper are the husband-and-wife team behind Horace and Hattie Hedgehog and their picture books, Hedgehugs and Hedgehugs and the Hattiepillar.