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- Hodder Children's Books
Hugless Douglas, For National Curriculum Early Years, Interest age: from c 3 years, Fiction, Picture books: character books, Picture storybooks
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The seventh Hugless Douglas adventure in the bestselling series - let's get baking!
Join Douglas on a honey hunt in the seventh Hugless Douglas adventure. This bestselling series has sold over 1.4 million copies to date in 26 languages!
The sheep are baking honey cakes and Douglas can't wait to try them. He's sure that food without honey just isn't yummy. Can he ever be tempted to try something new?
David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his seventh book about Douglas the brown bear is as funny and compelling as the first. It combines brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world.
Hello, Hugless Douglas! was a World Book Day picture book in 2014.
'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' - Daily Mail
Praise for Hugless Douglas and the Great Cake Bake
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Hugless Douglas fits right in with the well-loved classics like Winnie the Pooh and Paddington Bear and will be remembered for many years to come. - Guardian
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Hugless Douglas Finds a Hug is a contender for our favourite young children's book of the year! - Daily Record
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Hugless Douglas and the Big Sleep made us laugh out loud from the very first page. - Storyseekers
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. . . has found his way into children's hearts. - Parents in Touch
David Melling
David Melling has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Smarties Book Award and the Independent Booksellers Award. His Hugless Douglas books have sold over 2 million copies worldwide, and the loveable brown bear has starred in a World Book Day book as well as his own theatre show. Before becoming an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator, David worked as an animation artist for films including the much-loved Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs. One of his most popular picture books The Tale of Jack Frost was animated and shown on BBC1 on Christmas Day.
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