Hurry Home, Hedgehog!: A Bilingual Book of Sounds - Hardcover

Yang, Belle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763665983 ISBN 13: 9780763665982

Publisher: Candlewick, 2015

Synopsis

In English and Mandarin Chinese, Belle Yang’s bilingual board books celebrate the natural world with simple concepts and beautiful, bold illustrations.

Wet weather is coming — whoosh! As rain falls like soybeans — ping ping, pang pang — Hedgehog runs quickly —pitter patter. Soon he will be safe and warm with Mama — purr purr. What other sounds does he hear along the way? Tonal marks used in the book are explained in a final spread, along with a pinyin translation of the Chinese characters.

About this title

About the Author:

Belle Yang is the author-illustrator of the companion board books A Nest in Springtime and Summertime Rainbow, as well as Foo, the Flying Frog of Washtub Pond; Hannah Is My Name; and Always Come Home to Me, a Chinese American Librarians Association Best Children’s Book. She lives in California.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Starred Review

A baby hedgehog is out rooting around for “good things to eat.” Suddenly, storm clouds appear on the horizon, an owl hoots a warning, and soon the little critter is on the way home to Mama. The bottom half of each double-page spread is filled with beautiful, inky illustrations. The top half is further divided in two: the right side dedicated to English text and the left devoted to corresponding Mandarin Chinese (with the occasional exclamation point or question mark). Little ones will thrill at the hedgehog's ever-so-slightly perilous journey home, and older ones will enjoy figuring how the English words translate and vice versa. The hedgehog’s flight introduces the vocabulary of the natural world—clouds, wind, pine cones—as well as onomatopoeia and a fresh cultural reference: “Rain falls hard like soybeans.” Stylized animals and flora have good, distinct outlines and are filled with bright but still-natural colors. The final pages of the book supply a helpful glossary of tones and the story reproduced in both characters and pinyin. A companion board book entitled Squirrel Round and Round publishes simultaneously.

A sweet story with lovely illustrations to boot, developmentally pitch-perfect for older babies and toddlers. (Board book. 1-3)

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0763665983
• ISBN 13: 9780763665982
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Yang Belle