Age 5-7 | Hardback | 48 pages | 150 x 150mm
Publication September 2016 | ISBN 9781910862414
When the hedgehog plays, Small remembers songs his Grandpa used to play. And King Norty knows how he can hear the songs again...
Celestine and the Hare series:
- Small Finds a Home
- Honey for Tea
- Paper Boat for Panda
- Finding Your Place
- A Small Song
- Catching Dreams
- Bertram Likes to Sew
- Bert's Garden
- Helping Hedgehog Home
Reviews:
'Karin Celestine’s wonderful, life-affirming books encourage us all to keep in touch with and to nurture the playfulness, exploration and hope of childhood. These are books that make the world a better place.' Zoe Toft, Playing by the Book
'We’ve never found a book so small that is so warm and so heartbreakingly profound. The creatures in the delightful little tribe have lives that revolve around the tiny pleasures that the world can offer – from having honey made by bees in the garden, to the joy of making a new friend and giving them the warm home that they need. With so many awful things in the world, and so much hate, these books are about the huge power of simple kindness. If the next generation grows up knowing these stories, then there is hope.' Kenilworth Books
'I appreciated the morals and gentle nature of the book - that acts of kindness towards others makes them happy, and that music makes us smile and evokes memories. It also points out that to achieve success, we have to keep practising. [...] I am sure that, on some level, my granddaughter picked up on the morals, so all in all, a delightful little book both for a child to read for themselves, or to listen to as a sweet, bedtime story.' Linda Evans, Felt Matters magazine
Karin Celestine lives in a small house in Monmouth, Wales. In their garden there is a shed and in that shed is another world. The world of Celestine and the Hare. It is a world where weasels are ruled by King Norty, pandas ride space hoppers and bears read stories to each other.