It’s Hogart’s ninth birthday. Alas, he doesn’t know his age, because hedgehogs count on their back feet and their back feet only have eight toes. As Snorning’s eldest hedgehog, Hogart is no longer the adventurer he once was, but someone has to find out what comes after eight, and Hogart has the experience for the job. On his quest, he meets a helpless earthworm, a pragmatic robin, a friendly owl, a gullible badger, and a mystical centipede. Hogart discovers that a hedgehog can count on its spines in more ways than one…Hogart the Hedgehog Turns Nink is a rhythmic, comical narrative in anapestic rhyming verse, written to be read aloud. Hardcover Limited Edition. 200 x 283mm. 2200 words. 44 pages. For ages 6-10 and kidults who love stories in rhyme.
