Huggly's Christmas

Huggly #7

by Tedd Arnold

When Huggly accidentally leaves his star-shaped light beam in the people-child's closet, he thinks he's lost it for good, but then he and his friends Booter and Grubble find it in a most unlikely place. Original.

Genres: Christmas, Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Holiday

32 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2001

About the author

Tedd grew up with three brothers. His family lived on a farm in Pennsylvania for several years then returned to Elmira until Tedd was ten years old. His father's work then required that they move to Gainesville, Florida. There, Tedd's first art lessons in an abandoned dentist's office over the Happy Hour pool hall eventually led to a fine arts degree from the University of Florida.

He and his wife, Carol, started their family in Tallahassee where Tedd worked as a commercial illustrator. Carol, a kindergarten teacher, drew Tedd's attention to children's books. Their first son, Walter, inspired his breakthrough picture book, NO JUMPING ON THE BED!.

He and his family now live in Elmira. His second son, William, now stars in NO MORE WATER IN THE TUB!, a sequel to his first book. He has now published over 50 books as author and illustrator.

Reviews

[L.E. Fidler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liam rates this one 10/10 because:

it is SO interesting

Huggly is SO funny

"I liked the ending a lot! I really liked the present he got!"

the Nutcrackers looked like zombies.

so there you go, folks.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Josie x 2

[lye · Rating 4 out of 5]

lovely for the season!

a fun story about a monster, friends, star crystal, and Christmas decorations.

[Lisa Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the Huggly books, a nice monster that lives undergroud and comes up to the people world through portals under the beds of children. In this story, he loses his star crystal, only to find that the people child has put it at the top of his Christmas tree. After causing mischief trying to get it back, they end up deciding to leave it on the tree, but receive a mysterious gift from Santa.

[Jillyholdy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't know if it's a good thing or not, yet, but this book presented the idea to Jillian that there could be a secret doorway under your bed leading to a different world. Hmmm. With this lead to even greater difficulties getting Jillian to bed?

[Katrina Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

* Read when season's holidays are taught
- make sure to cover all holidays
* The only thing Christmas related in this story is the star on top of the tree and Santa
* Discuss shapes- such as the star, lights, etc.

[Mas5thgrade2012 · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love tedd arnolds books!-Lazyman117

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the art in these books and what a FUN character!!!

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really didn't like it. It was long and the plot wasn't great at all.

[Renae · Rating 3 out of 5]

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