HUGS FROM PEARL

How can a prickly little porcupine with a big heart give hugs that don't require Band-Aids?

This is Pearl.
Pearl loves to hug.
Hugs are nice . . . except when they come from a porcupine.
Pearl tries and tries to solve her problem and finally fixes it in her very own way.
From the author-artist of A Pet for Petunia comes a prickly new character with a great big heart. Paul Schmid paints Pearl’s world with soft and dreamy colors that reflect just how sweet she is beneath her sharp-quilled porcupine exterior.

Paul Schmid is the author and illustrator of A Pet for Petunia and Hugs from Pearl and the illustrator of The Wonder Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Maurice Sendak has described Paul as “an artist with a superb eye for line and composition.” Paul lives in Seattle with his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Anna.