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Our Friend Hedgehog
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  • Published: 6 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9798217024650
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $21.00

Our Friend Hedgehog

The Story of Us

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Paperback
6 Oct 2026
Paperback
6 Oct 2026
EBook
18 Oct 2022
EBook
5 May 2020
Audiobook
18 Oct 2022
Audiobook
18 Oct 2022
Hardback
8 Nov 2022
Hardback
5 May 2020
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From a Caldecott Honor-winning artist comes a cozy, warm-hearted story about the meaning of home and the power of friendship to help you become your truest self.

"Our Friend Hedgehog feels like a modern-day Winnie the Pooh." --Victoria Jamieson, Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl

From a Caldecott Honor-winning artist comes a cozy, warm-hearted story about the meaning of home and the power of friendship to help you become your truest self.

"Our Friend Hedgehog feels like a modern-day Winnie the Pooh." --Victoria Jamieson, Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl

Families come in all shapes and sizes.
Sometimes they are joined by birth, and other times they are chosen...

Autumn leaves are falling in Hedge Hollow, and the change in season brings with it a spiny surprise... another hedgehog! Hedgehog is  excited to meet one of her own kind. But it also makes her feel different—and distant—from her old friends. Where does Hedgehog belong, and who does she belong with? A journey upriver through an unfamiliar forest just might lead her home.

From the Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator of Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us comes a tale of old friends and new, and the true meaning of home.
  • Published: 6 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9798217024650
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $21.00
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About the author

Lauren Castillo

LAUREN CASTILLO studied illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is the author and illustrator of the 2015 Caldecott Honor-winning book Nana in the City, as well as The Troublemaker and Melvin and the Boy. Lauren has also illustrated several critically acclaimed picture books, including Twenty Yawns by Jane Smiley, Yard Sale by Eve Bunting, and City Cat by Kate Banks. She currently draws and dreams in Harrisburg, PA.
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Praise for Our Friend Hedgehog

* "Delightful . . . An endearing and heartwarming journey to define family and self that will resonate deeply." —Kirkus, starred review

"This is the type of story childhood memories are woven of." --Pernille Ripp, educator and influencer

"I love, love, love, love, love Hedgehog. It is a perfect read-aloud." --Mr. Schu, educator and author