The catalogue of hugs

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Title:

The catalogue of hugs

Alternate title:

Catalog of hugs

Author:

Stein, Joshua David, author.

Stein, Augustus Heeren, author.

Lilly, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Marie), illustrator.

Summary:

"For affectionate families everywhere comes this engaging reference volume featuring 25 kinds of hugs. From the more traditional to the all-out risky, this collection runs a creatively wide gamut of ways to embrace...and by doing so, brings comfort to the forefront of conversation. Every hug was field-tested by the author and his sons, and titled for practicality and kicks. The Quentin Blake-esque drawings are rendered with graceful accuracy and joy by artist Elizabeth Lilly. The pure physicality of being a child - or being a parent - is documented with wit and style for both to enjoy."-- Provided by publisher.

Audience:

Ages 2-5 Rise x Penguin Workshop.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Hugging -- Juvenile fiction.

Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Stein, Augustus Heeren,

Lilly, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Marie),

Publisher:

Rise x Penguin Workshop,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9780593521793

Publication Information:

New York : Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2022.

Call Number:

P STEIN

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Author and dad-fluencer Joshua David Stein offers up an array of parent-and-child hugs, from the classic to the humorously questionable, each one cleverly titled and informatively illustrated.

For affectionate families everywhere comes this engaging reference volume featuring 25 kinds of hugs. From the more traditional to the all-out risky, this collection runs a creatively wide gamut of ways to embrace...and by doing so, brings comfort to the forefront of conversation. Every hug was field-tested by the author and his sons, and titled for practicality and kicks. The Quentin Blake-esque drawings are rendered with graceful accuracy and joy by artist Elizabeth Lilly. The pure physicality of being a child - or being a parent - is documented with wit and style for both to enjoy.

Author Notes

Joshua David Stein is a Brooklyn-based author, journalist, and performer. He's the editor-at-large at Fatherly and the host of The Fatherly Podcast, and an author of children's books such as The Invisible Alphabet, Can I Eat That?, and Brick- Who Found Herself in Architecture, and adult books such as Cooking for Your Kids and To Me, He Was Just Dad. He was once the restaurant critic for the New York Observer and a food columnist for The Village Voice. Joshua is a founding member of the Band Books, an improvisational music group that performs children's book sing-alouds. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his two sons and his one dog. www.joshuadavidstein.com.

Augustus Heeren Stein is in the fifth grade. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is his first book.

Elizabeth Lilly is a children's book author and illustrator, animated filmmaker, and art educator. She has written and illustrated the picture books GERALDINE (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan, 2018) and LET ME FIX YOU A PLATE (Holiday House, 2021). Elizabeth was raised in a mixed family, with a Colombian mom and American dad. She and her three sisters grew up speaking two languages and living in two worlds. She writes and draws about the places she has lived, and the places that live in her. Elizabeth writes and directs her own animated films and teaches drawing and illustration as an adjunct professor at Towson University. She lives in a little old house in the little old city of Baltimore, Maryland, with her fluffy white dog, Ponyo. https-//www.elizabeth-lilly.com/.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2--Who needs a hug? Everyone does, as this brief but delightful book explains. People of every skin tone, body size, age, and physical ability are shown embracing in all the variations that seem humanly possible, only the authors give outrageously funny names to these positions. The "koala" shows the child hanging on an adult's leg; the "flying squirrel" is executed by leaping from a bed. A child with arms wrapped around a grandpa's neck demonstrates the "necklace," while another perched on the arm of a parent's wheelchair shows us the "rolling hug." "Classic," "frontpack," "backpack," and "blindfold," are among the many variations, along with the "tantrum" hug and the "work at home" hug. At the end, there's even a compilation of additional positions for those wishing to experiment with showing affection in new ways. Colorful artwork conveys energy and joy in this very clever concept book. VERDICT Perhaps even more important in a world reeling from a pandemic, this is a not-to-miss addition for all collections.--Gloria Koster

Publisher's Weekly Review

The father and son authors of this picture book survey hug types gentle, rambunctious, and in-between, humorously detailing variations of the embrace for an array of situations. In each spread, the name of a particular hug style appears alongside one of Lilly's wispy, sketch-lined images of adults and children demonstrating the interaction. Using ample white space, blocks of color pop in the depictions of people with a range of abilities and skin tones wearing brightly accented clothing or accessories. Hug type "the Frontpack" accompanies an image of an adult who uses a prosthetic leg holding a child to their front; "the Flying Squirrel" envisages a collision about to occur; and "the Necklace" attends an image of a child hanging from an adult's neck. A final spread invites readers to experiment with a bonus list of hug styles, including "the Hot Cocoa," "the Tuba" and "the Puppy Hug." Ages 2--5. (Dec.)