Die cut to the outline of the hedgehog, spines and all, which makes it the one a baby reaches for out of a stack. Inside, a hoglet works through an ordinary day in the hedgerow, snuffling through the grass, meeting the family, and curling up somewhere safe when the light goes.

Sydney Hanson's illustration is soft and warm without tipping into saccharine, and the text mixes the story with real facts about hedgehogs, so the grown up doing the reading picks something up too. Ten thick pages at six and a half by five inches, sized and weighted for hands that are still working out how books go.

Graded by the publisher from birth. Written by Rosalee Wren, and at this price the easiest new baby gift to add to a card.