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Completely delightful! This story is very funny and sweet, with a few moments of angst, and a very happy end, and beginning too. There’s even a map (I do love maps!) of the garden & house & property by the sea, which also shows on the map. Just lovely. Wonderful illustrations. This author/illustrator also illustrated one of my favorite childhood books: Half Magic. Unlike some Goodreads friends and general members, I’d never given much thought to hedgehogs, but I fell in love with Hedgie. I also
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The illustrations - and especially the endpapers - are charming but the text is harmful. Hedgehogs don't sleep in unplanted, south-facing flower beds and they're lactose intolerant. I'm afraid that Hedgie must have been dead shortly after that final walk on the beach.
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August 2017 - another long but delightful picture book, which held Ben's attention even at a late bedtime. I love the illustrations and the entire concept of a hedgehog-turned-flower-garden. Definitely recommended for fans of old-fashioned, charming stories.
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Apr 06, 2010
Rachel
marked it as picture-book-to-read
