From Inside Editions national correspondent Megan Alexander comes a heartwarming picture book in the tradition of The Wonderful Things You Will Be that shows us theres always time for one more hug as a young boy starts his day and his journey through life.A tree branch tapping on a window, a pretend sword breaking in two, the skreeeetch of a school bus door: one more hug by mom is always needed to comfort and reassure a young boy that he has the inner confidence to carry on. As time passes, and he outgrows his childhood fears, he returns the favor by giving his mother one more hug as he goes on his way. This timeless tale of unconditional love and comfort for an anxious young boy as he leaves the nest and starts his journey through life is a perfect story for mothers to share with their sons to show them that its okay to have fears and needseven as they get olderand its okay to share those feelings with the people who love them.

 

 

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster .

Dashka Slater is also the author of THE WISHING BOX, a novel for adults. This is her first picture book. Hiroe Nakata is an hugely successful U. S. publisher, She has illustrated over fifteen picture books, including OCEAN BABIES and GOT TO DANCE. Megan Alexander is a national news correspondent, host, emcee, speaker, producer, and actress. She can be seen every evening as a correspondent on the top-rated national news magazine television show Inside Edition . She was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and graduated from Westmont College. Megan splits time between New York City and Nashville, Tennessee. She and her husband have two young sons. Hiroe Nakata has illustrated numerous picture books including Lucky Pennies and Hot Chocolate ; Duck Skates, Duck ; Shoe Bop! ; and One More Hug . Encouraged in her art by her grandfather who is a painter in Japan, Hiroe graduated from the Parsons School of Design. She currently lives and works in New York City.