{"product_id":"school-for-woodland-creatures-our-friend-hedgehog","title":"School for Woodland Creatures (Our Friend Hedgehog, Book 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe forest animals of Hedge Hollow open a classroom of their own when the humans leave for school. In Lauren Castillo's story, Hedgehog is the one friend with no subject to teach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn illustrated chapter book for ages 5 to 9, kindergarten through grade 4, with color pictures throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook 3 of the Our Friend Hedgehog series, written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and from School Library Journal (the latter reviewed in the paperback edition); also reviewed in Booklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 128 pages, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMole takes geography, Hen takes math, Owl takes reading and Beaver runs the shop class. Hedgehog wonders whether a teacher has to be an expert, and nothing she does seems expert enough to teach. Her friends pitch in with jokes and kind words while they work out a solution together. The story is about self-doubt and the friends who talk a worrier through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParents, teachers and librarians can share it at bedtime or in a classroom over a few sittings. Families who met Hedgehog in Castillo's \u003cem\u003eOur Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us\u003c\/em\u003e will find her back in Hedge Hollow. This time the schoolhouse runs on paws, feathers and a hedgehog still deciding what she knows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLauren Castillo studied illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and earned an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Her picture book \u003cem\u003eNana in the City\u003c\/em\u003e received a 2015 Caldecott Honor, and her other books include \u003cem\u003eThe Troublemaker\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMelvin and the Boy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854479179925,"sku":"NEW-ING-HB-JUV-0593898966","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_ce1a79c2-9837-4823-bbe3-c4cceba7ced0.jpg?v=1787904129","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/school-for-woodland-creatures-our-friend-hedgehog","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}