Jean Reidy

When Slug happens upon a lonely beetle and gives him a big hug, the two friends decide to pass it along, in this picture book that encourages kindness and shows "that a hugger finds happiness 'longside the hugged!"

"A picture book about a surreptitious spider who gathers the courage to help the neighbors she has watched over from afar--a promising painter, a proper little lady, a mindful young man, a brave girl and her exceptionally brave tortoise"--

In this cumulative, rhyming story, a young boy takes a nighttime ride from the distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy to his cozy bed, as his blanket becomes a rocket, a plane, and a skateboard.