This second book about Douglas the little brown bear is as funny and compelling as the first. It combines brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world (
Liverpool Echo)
Wonderful ... The illustrations are fabulous and we enjoyed watching Douglas' super fun and colourful adventure unfold on every page (
Little Fiction Fascination)
Funny and silly yet also charming and relevant to small children (
The Bookbag)
Another warm and charming story featuring the amiable but often bewildered Douglas ... Wonderful (
Peters Gazette)
A delightful read! (
School Librarian)
Praise for Hugless Douglas:
'A charming and endearing tale.' - Bookseller
'A thoroughly enjoyable experience.' Bookbag
'Douglas will no doubt become a hit as he is such a lovable character.'
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Families South West)
Another warm and charming story featuring the amiable but often bewildered Douglas. Wonderful. (
Peters Gazette)
The whole book works very well, being both funny and silly and yet, also, charming and relevant to small children. (
Bookbag)
Brilliantly imaginative illustrations. (
Lincolnshire Echo)
Great fun. (
Nursery World)
David Melling has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Smarties Book Award and the Independent Booksellers Award. His Hugless Douglas books have sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide, and the loveable brown bear has starred in a World Book Day book as well as his own theatre show. Before becoming an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator, David worked as an animation artist for films including the much-loved Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs. One of his most popular picture books The Tale of Jack Frost was animated and shown on BBC1 on Christmas Day.