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The Runaway Hug

The Runaway Hug 1

by Nick Bland and Freya Blackwood
Publication Date: 01/02/2011
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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 it back. Highly acclaimed and internationally best-selling picture-book creators Nick Bland and Freya Blackwood have worked together for the first time on this gentle, charming story that is sure to become a classic with Australian families.
ISBN:
9781865044057
9781865044057
Category:
Picture books
Publication Date:
01-02-2011
Publisher:
Scholastic Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
24
Dimensions (mm):
280x230mm
Nick Bland

Nick Bland was born on a farm in the Australian Yarra Valley in 1973. The son of an artist and a primary school teacher, he spent his early childhood climbing haystacks and making mischief in his father's studio. When he moved to “the bush” at age 6, he discovered a wonderful new world and his creativity bloomed.

Nick always told family and friends he was going to be a cartoonist and a writer. It wasn't until 1996, when he stumbled into a bookshop job, that he finally found the medium that would bring those two loves together. Untrained, he spent the next couple of years reading every picture book that hit the shelves and began honing his style as a storyteller and illustrator.

He illustrated several readers before sending A Monster Wrote Me a Letter to Scholastic Australia in 2001. Since then, Nick has written and illustrated many, many titles, such as I Lost My Kisses and created the adorable bear that now features in a whole series of books that started with The Very Cranky Bear.

He lives in tropical Darwin, where he works as a guardian for 120 aboriginal boys who board nearby. He loves both of his jobs and hopes to combine them in the near future.

Freya Blackwood

Freya Blackwood was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Orange in NSW, Australia where she now lives with her daughter Ivy.

After graduating from UTS in Visual Communications, Freya worked in the film industry as a production assistant, runner and effects technician.

She began illustrating picture books in 2002 and has since been shortlisted for, and won many prestigious awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2010. Award-winning titles

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In years to come, this book will be a classic and if you buy it, you'll see exactly why. I don't want to spoil the book but I believe you'll see your family come to life in this book. P.S. Freya Blackwood's illustrations are something special.

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