Mummy,’ said Lucy, ‘can I have a hug before I go to bed? I promise I’ll give it back.’


Lucy shares the hug with everyone in her family. Along the way it becomes softer, sleepier, bigger, even peanut-buttery. But when the hug runs away Lucy discovers that it’s not so easy to get back.

Nationally and internationally-bestselling picture book creators Nick Bland and Freya Blackwood have come together for the first time with this gentle, charming story.

Winner of the 2012 CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Award.

32-pp softcover.

AGE: 3-6