We're into November, which means Christmas is well and truly on the way - eeeek ! Have you started shopping for your Christmas gifts yet? Well, this looks like a lovely festive-themed book that would be perfect for children of both sexes. It follows on from Hedgehog Queen and Hedgehog Magic, if you fancy catching up with more animal adventures or maybe offering all three as a special gift for young bookworms ?
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Discover the magic of Christmas with Hamish the hedgehog and Alistair
Set in the days before Christmas, young Alistair comes home to find a strange sparkling box on the dining room table, sent by his friend Hamish. In the box is Oscar, a tiny rabbit who is lots of fun. When Christmas Eve finally arrives, snow is falling heavily but Oscar insists that they go out and play. He leads him down a rabbit hole in his back garden that takes them to a giant ice door.
Hamish and his rat friend, Mr. Tilly, greet Alistair and Oscar at the door. Before they know it, they are all off on an amazing Christmas adventure. Not only do they take part in the great hedgehog sledding race and attend the hedgehog Christmas party, but they also have the opportunity to meet the Hedgehog Queen in her sparkly palace!
Before he knows it, Alistair wakes up in bed at home. It’s the early hours of Christmas morning. It couldn’t have been a dream, could it? Heading downstairs, he discovers a magical surprise under the Christmas tree...
David Hills lives in Sittingbourne, Kent. He says : “For many years, I have been lucky enough to have hedgehogs visit my garden. I have spent many an evening observing, feeding and housing them. As we know they are an endangered species, so it is of interest to us all and hopefully this book will bring awareness of hedgehogs to children and adults alike”.
Suggested age range : 5-7 years
Suggested age range : 5-7 years
- Paperback: 48 pages
- Publisher: Book Guild Publishing Ltd (28 Oct. 2019)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1912881810
- ISBN-13: 978-1912881819
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 0.2 x 12.6 cm
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im sad ive only seen one in the last 6-7 years in my garden :(
ReplyDeleteYes I have seen one before
ReplyDeleteyeah i have they are quite cute! x
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ReplyDeleteI never have!
Sadly, never seen one in my garden but current neighbour says there are some on our estate.
ReplyDeleteyes but not for ages.
ReplyDeletewe rescued a very cold hedgehog once, many years ago though x
ReplyDeleteNo, I've never spotted a hedgehog before x
ReplyDeleteYes seen loads of hedgehogs over the years
ReplyDeleteOver the years I've seen hundreds of hedgehogs, the perks of living in a rural location!
ReplyDeleteYes, I've seen a hedgehog before.
ReplyDeleteWe have regular spiky visitors in our garden. The last one we saw was a few weeks back
ReplyDeleteWe had some in the garden when I was a kid but I can't remember the last time I saw one.
ReplyDeletewe often have hedgehogs in our communal garden, my cat used to play chase with one, tho I know she enjoyed it, I'm not sure how the hedgehog felt! She never hurt it tho! xx
ReplyDeleteYes I have when I was young in our garden
ReplyDeleteYes, we have had a few in our garden over the last couple of years. Not sure how they got in as we thought our garden was secure but it was lovely to see them. We are thinking of getting a little hedgehog house to make sure they have somewhere safe in the garden.
ReplyDeleteYes we have had one visit our garden
ReplyDeleteyes but not recently!
ReplyDeleteI rescued a hedgehog outside my house, it was wandering around blindly with a Maltesers bag on its head!
ReplyDeleteI have only seen one once x
ReplyDeleteI have seen lots of hedgehogs and love them. Makes me laugh when my dogs see them as they don't understand what they are and get quite scared.
ReplyDeleteoh yes, l have seen quite a few hedgehogs
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen one in years.
ReplyDeleteYes we have quite a few visit, when I have the patio doors open in the summer evenings I can hear the snuffling from the patio.I also saw one only 2 weeks ago hurrying away from outside the garage,it was moving quite fast!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen one for over thirty years.
ReplyDeleteYes we have been lucky enough to have baby hedgehogs born in our compost heap a few years ago
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen one in the wild for Years and years. I did however see an albino hedgehog in the pet shop last year.
ReplyDeletewe see hedgehogs regularly around where we live
ReplyDeleteHello, Yes I have seen hedgehogs, they are lovely.
ReplyDeletewe have had a few in the garden
ReplyDeletei havent but my hubby saw one about a month ago when going out very early
ReplyDeleteYes I’ve seen some hedgehogs before
ReplyDeleteI have seen one quite a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteyes we get them in the garden xx
ReplyDeleteYes, my friend has hedgehog houses in her garden
ReplyDeleteYes, but not very often
ReplyDeleteOnly a handful of times in my life
ReplyDeleteIm 39 years old and I have never seen a hedgehog
ReplyDeleteWe are very lucky to have them living in our garden!
ReplyDeleteWe did have a hedgehog in our garden a few years ago but not seen it recently
ReplyDeleteWe have had a few in the garden but none recently
ReplyDeleteWe found one at work (secondary school) so made sure it was okay and put it back somewhere safe
ReplyDeleteYes. I saw them a lot when I was a child but not so many in recent years and usually rurally where we spend a lot of time in the summer rather than in the city where we live.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have one that always walked through the garden at night!
ReplyDeleteWe have them in our garden this year, we've made a house for them.
ReplyDeleteoh yes, in the garden
ReplyDeleteSaw my first hedgehogs in over a decade this year. I was very pleased!
ReplyDeleteyes we see them from time to time in our village
ReplyDeleteYes we have seen them in our garden, and squished on the road outside our house :(
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I have only seen dead ones
ReplyDeleteYes and I saw one last night! Xx
ReplyDeleteyes, i have seen hedgehogs. they are so cute
ReplyDeleteI've got a hedgehog in my garden at the moment it walked right in front of me the other day, the closest I have ever seen one.
ReplyDeleteI have. not for a while
ReplyDeleteyes we get quite afew in our garden
ReplyDeletewe had a family that turned up at exactly 10pm every night
ReplyDeleteI tried to rescue one last year that I found in a churchyard and took it to a wildlife sanctuary, sadly it was too poorly and didn't make it.
ReplyDeletecount me in
ReplyDeleteYes, I've seen a hedgehog before.
ReplyDeletei have seen 24 hedge hogs they are so cute! i am a nature queen. i love hedge hogs so much.
ReplyDeleteEarlier this year, on the day of the local elections, I saw a hedgehog walking across the car park. As it was daylight I knew there was something wrong so I scooped the hedgehog up with an old towel and took it to a local wildlife sanctuary. The poor little thing was suffering from dehydration but after a few days in the sanctuary it was safely released back into the wild.
ReplyDeleteNo have never seen one and the garden doesn't really have any way for them to get in.
ReplyDeleteYes got a couple of them live near the garden as they come around at night all the time.
ReplyDeleteIve seen one once but not in the wild sadly
ReplyDeleteYes. I'm lucky to have seen a fair few over the years. The last one I saw was in the late summer. It was at the bottom of our steep garden, with the only exit out onto the street. We gathered it up and put it in the field at the back of the house. It was gone an hour later.
ReplyDeleteI live right next to a wooded area so I see them regularly :)
ReplyDeleteThe only time I remember seeing one up close is when I was a little girl and we rescued one. Not sure what had happened I was very young, but they're lovely little animals
ReplyDeleteI have a massive hedgehog that lives near bye and is often snuffling in my garden around midnight - If i see him out there i run down with some cat biscuits and food for him :) I'm not worried aout him over winter as he is huge nearly a foot long and very chunky
ReplyDeleteyes, we have a family of them in our garden every year and they are so lovely to see (and hear). We have also released a couple into our garden from our local hedgehog santuary
ReplyDeleteWe have a hedgehog that comes most nights for some food
ReplyDeleteWe have hedgehogs who visit our garden and now we have put in a hedgehog box in a woody area of the garden.
ReplyDeleteWe had 2 that lived under our shed for ages, haven't seen them for a while though. They used to eat the meal-worms we got for the birds, so we made a point of leaving some out for them when the birds went to bed.
ReplyDeleteYes I've occasionally seen hedgehogs. But haven't seen one for a while
ReplyDeleteYes we have one that visits the garden.
ReplyDeleteYes loads as there is a lot of open land in the grounds of were I work.
ReplyDeleteBeing in London I don't see them often nowadays but my family live in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and we used to see plenty in my grandads garden my favourite visitor
ReplyDeleteI love hedgehogs and am very lucky to have had regular hog visitors for quite a few years now. Last year had a family in the garden. I try to look after them by leaving a wild log pile area and feeding them up with cat food in the autumn so they're big enough to survive hibernation. They're funny little things and if you watch them they seem to have a set route that they follow around the garden when looking for slugs, snails and other tasty hog nibbles
ReplyDeleteYes but its been many years. Id love to see them more x
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ReplyDeleteYes, I accidentally stood on one once! Hate them though as the cat gets fleas from sniffing round them!
ReplyDeleteI've seen them in my garden
ReplyDeleteYes we had one that used to visit and eat the cats food
ReplyDeleteI haven’t seen any for ages! They are so cute though. Entered comp, my daughter would love this book! X
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen a hedge for ages
ReplyDeleteWe used to see hedgehogs all the time in the back garden when I was little, I've only seen one in the wild in the last 20 years.
ReplyDeleteI've seen one in the wild down a country lane.
ReplyDeleteYes I've seen one in the last month.
ReplyDeleteat our school a little one is being cared for.
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