THIS ISN'T A BOOK (IT'S A HUG IN DISGUISE)

This isn't a book, it's a hug in disguise. It will never wear out (but please feel free to try). Because if there's one thing that I know to be true, it's that no one deserves the best hugs more than you.

This might look like a book, but it's really a hug you get to give to connect from any distance--whether across the street or across the world. With a bit of humor and a whole lot of heart, the sweet rhymes and artwork in these pages are sure to make someone smile and feel squeezed by your love.

M.H. Clark is a poet and writer who has received multiple awards, including the Washington State Book Award and two Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. She has traveled the world and lived in many wonderful placesbut she believes she belongs most of all in a little house with a large library, someplace where the forest meets the sea.

Katie Vernon is an illustrator who spent most of her life in the Midwest but whose heart belongs in the mountains. Much of her creative inspiration comes from being a florist, working with alpacas, and living on a bus. She loves working with inky paints and then arranging and adding detail digitally. Katie's art has appeared in Anthropologie, Hallmark, and the Washington Post.