Darling Hedgehog

Darling Hedgehog goes on an adventure to look for her parents who dropped out of sight. 

Carefree, cute, and winning episodes bring Darling and Miss Fox to life in this hedgehog book for kids.  As a read-to-me picture book, for children 4-8 or preschool and kindergarten or as a chapter book for first grade through third grades. This story like Aesop's Fables or a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood only nicer.

Darling introduces herself to the strange animal who is Miss Fox. Miss Fox gives her gifts so that Darling is distracted from her mission. The two animals look for things to do together in fantastical attempts to be friendly. When Darling enters Miss Fox's kitchen, she realizes that by nature, not all strangers are good for you. Will Darling save the day when it's already dinner time?

Darling Hedgehog learns about the animal nature of things in high humor and carefree, cute, and winning episodes. Learn about opposites, homophones, and similes as two animals in nature roll into fantasy land. For preschool and kindergarten children who love pet rodents, Darling Hedgehog is a read-to-me picture book. First graders will learn to read it with help. Second grade and third grade students read Darling Hedgehog as a nature chapter book.

Pictures in this hedgehog book are similar to Charlotte's Web and the Mercy Watson series are characterized and painted in full-color, though the pages are set up like a chapter book. They shine in the sweetness of a hedgehog, but also include the fact that hedgehogs have spines, and these are for good reason.

Darling's adventure helps to train children in natural wisdom and stranger analysis. It helps to balance teachings about accepting everyone and friendliness to all. There may be good purposes for everyone to exist under heaven, yet all purposes may not be good for a child. Beware, and flee from crafty foxes especially when they are holding your parents in the pantry!

What is true about foxes and hedgehogs, as shown in this story, is that foxes cannot eat hedgehogs because of the quills on a hedgehog's back, so there are some natural defenses to even out the playing field.