Spike, a little hedgehog, has always had impressive prickles. But one morning, after a particularly scary dream, he wakes up completely bare! Oh no! Feeling very embarrassed, he goes in search of something to cover himself, from a paper lampshade to a tea cup to a very stinky sock. But nothing stops the other animals giggling at him. Poor Spike! Then he discovers a big bunch of balloons, which takes him across the world and ends in a very satisfying POP! and a very prickly party.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 3+ years.

There are 32 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 2018 by Nosy Crow Ltd .

Jarvis has been a bingo caller, a cemetery gardener, a bouncy castle painter, a record-sleeve designer, and an animation director, and now he's an illustrator and writer. This is his second book, and hopefully he won't have to go back to bingo calling any time soon. Jeanne Willis is a favourite children's author, and she also writes for television.