Time for a Hug

by Phillis Gershator, Mim Green, David Walker (Illustrator)

Overview

A hug feels good. 
Lets hug again.
Well hug at nine.
Well hug at ten.

When is it time for a hug? Anytime! This feel-good story—now in the popular board book format—assures kids theres plenty of love to go around-the-clock.

From the moment Little Bunny wakes up in the morning until the moon comes out and the stars shine, every hour includes a warm hug from Big Bunny. Whether they bake or build, bike or hike, a caring hug always feels just right. This is a book that is generous with love, and full of the sweetest illustrations youve ever seen.
 
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454908562
Publisher:	Union Square Kids
Publication date:	03/05/2013
Series:	Sterling Children's Snuggle Time Stories Series , #1
Pages:	22
Sales rank:	221,914
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Phillis Gershator has written many picture books for children. Her mother, Mim Green, inspired this collaboration, and the two have also cowritten Whos Awake in Springtime? (Henry Holt), which Booklist called “A playful and inviting bedtime tale.”
 
Phillis worked as a childrens librarian for the Brooklyn Public Library and now lives with her husband and frequent coauthor, David, in the US Virgin Islands. To learn more about Phillis and Mim, see phillisgershator.com.
 
David Walker is the illustrator of numerous childrens books, including Before You Were Mine (Putnam), Crocodaddy (Sterling), and Bears on Chairs (Candlewick). He can be found painting in his studio in Chapel Hill, NC. To see more of Davids work, please visit his website at davidwalkerstudios.com.

Editorial Reviews

"[A] sweet, brief rhyming tale celebrating hugs at any hour of the day . . . . The pleasingly predictable rhyme will have preschoolers chiming in all the way to the page where the covers are pulled up. Worth a pause and may well inspire a hug or two." — Kirkus Reviews
 
 
 

From the Publisher

A small brown bunny and a big, gray bunny do all sorts of things together throughout the day, but their favorite thing to do is to hug. “Wash our faces, comb our hair,/ choose the clothes we like to wear./ Eat from a bowl, drink from a mug—/ What times is it?/ Time for a hug!” As the bunnies hug, a green clock reads nine, and it’s time for another hug at 10 o’clock, too (the clock reflects the hour’s passing). As the day progresses (with additional clocks marking the time), the bunnies play indoors and outdoors, eventually preparing for bed when the clock reads eight. Walker’s smudgy, cozy paintings convey the bond between child and guardian, while Gershator and Green explore the concept of time and emphasize the comfort of a daily routine. Ages 3–5. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

PreS-Gr 2—This rhyming tale lovingly follows a mama rabbit and her toddler throughout their day, which includes plenty of time for hugs. At 8:00 a.m., with a smiling sun shining through Bunny's window, the text begins: "What shall we do? Wash our faces,/comb our hair,/choose the clothes/we like to wear./Eat from a bowl, drink from a mug-/What time is it?/Time for a hug!" Throughout the day, the mother and her bunny play together, read, bake a pie, bounce a ball, climb a tree, and hug often before bedtime at 8:00 p.m. Walker's uncluttered illustrations of cuddly bunnies with oversize heads are created with acrylic and inks. Primarily presented in bright colors, the drawings portray a loving parent and her baby. A sweet addition to the collection of picture books about a mother's love for her child.—Roxanne Burg, Orange County Public Library, CA

School Library Journal

2012-01-18
Gershator (Moo, Moo, Brown Cow, Have You Any Milk, 2011), in collaboration with her mother, offers this sweet, brief rhyming tale celebrating hugs at any hour of the day. Two bunnies, one small and orange and the other bigger and gray, wake up at 8:00 to begin a day chock-full of activities that preschoolers will recognize. Washing faces, getting dressed, baking a pie, playing with puppets, reading a book, bathing, brushing teeth and hopping off to bed are all portrayed in Walker's softly colored full-page and double-page spreads or vignettes. Clearly the rabbits are full of affection. Their relationship could be parent and child, older sibling and younger, or just roommates. As times passes, young readers will enjoy looking for the clock ticking off each hour until bedtime. Most hours prove to be a perfect moment to embrace. "Two o'clock, three o'clock. What shall we do? / Bounce a ball, ride a bike, climb a tree, / go on a hike. Smell a flower, chase a bug--What time is it? / Time for a hug!" The pleasingly predictable rhyme will have preschoolers chiming in all the way to the page where the covers are pulled up. Worth a pause and may well inspire a hug or two. (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews