Bashful Bunny’s graduated! Bartholomew Bear was thrilled to be her plus-one – any excuse to dress up and photobomb the official shots of Bashful in her mortar board sounds grand to him!    He was slightly befuddled by her dissertation title – The Art of Cuddle-Induced Emotionality – until Bashful translated: “Why hugs help.” Much better.  It's always great to celebrate big achievements with your best friend – especially when they inspired you to write 80,000 words in the first place... .

An authentic Jellycat, hand-picked for our Yacolt, WA shop. Jellycat retires characters without warning, so when a design sells through it's often gone for good.