The Catalogue of Hugs

Illustrated by Elizabeth Lilly
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Hardcover
$16.99 US
7.81"W x 7.81"H x 0.51"D  
On sale Dec 27, 2022 | 56 Pages | 9780593521793
Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level: Lexile NP | Fountas & Pinnell LB
Author and dad-fluencer Joshua David Stein offers up an array of parent-and-child hugs, from the classic to the humorously questionable, each one cleverly titled and informatively illustrated.
 


For affectionate families everywhere comes this engaging reference volume featuring 25 kinds of hugs. From the more traditional to the all-out risky, this collection runs a creatively wide gamut of ways to embrace...and by doing so, brings comfort to the forefront of conversation. Every hug was field-tested by the author and his sons, and titled for practicality and kicks. The Quentin Blake-esque drawings are rendered with graceful accuracy and joy by artist Elizabeth Lilly. The pure physicality of being a child – or being a parent – is documented with wit and style for both to enjoy.
 
 
Joshua David Stein is a Brooklyn-based author and journalist. He was a restaurant critic for The New York Observer and has been a food columnist for The Village Voice. View titles by Joshua David Stein
Augustus Heeren Stein View titles by Augustus Heeren Stein
BEST BOOK OF 2022 - Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College

⭐"Perhaps even more important in a world reeling from a pandemic, this is a not-to-miss addition for all collections." -- School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)

"This sweet taxonomy of affection and acrobatics is co-authored by a father and son and will likely get the kids in your life drawing close for snuggles of their own." -- NPR (Books We Love List, 2022)

"Make room on the shelf for this book that captures the creativity and universality of love." -- Kirkus

"The father and son authors of this picture book survey hug types gentle, rambunctious, and in-between, humorously detailing variations of the embrace for an array of situations." -- Publishers Weekly
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Author and dad-fluencer Joshua David Stein offers up an array of parent-and-child hugs, from the classic to the humorously questionable, each one cleverly titled and informatively illustrated.
 


For affectionate families everywhere comes this engaging reference volume featuring 25 kinds of hugs. From the more traditional to the all-out risky, this collection runs a creatively wide gamut of ways to embrace...and by doing so, brings comfort to the forefront of conversation. Every hug was field-tested by the author and his sons, and titled for practicality and kicks. The Quentin Blake-esque drawings are rendered with graceful accuracy and joy by artist Elizabeth Lilly. The pure physicality of being a child – or being a parent – is documented with wit and style for both to enjoy.
 
 

Author

Joshua David Stein is a Brooklyn-based author and journalist. He was a restaurant critic for The New York Observer and has been a food columnist for The Village Voice. View titles by Joshua David Stein
Augustus Heeren Stein View titles by Augustus Heeren Stein

Praise

BEST BOOK OF 2022 - Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College

⭐"Perhaps even more important in a world reeling from a pandemic, this is a not-to-miss addition for all collections." -- School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)

"This sweet taxonomy of affection and acrobatics is co-authored by a father and son and will likely get the kids in your life drawing close for snuggles of their own." -- NPR (Books We Love List, 2022)

"Make room on the shelf for this book that captures the creativity and universality of love." -- Kirkus

"The father and son authors of this picture book survey hug types gentle, rambunctious, and in-between, humorously detailing variations of the embrace for an array of situations." -- Publishers Weekly

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