Spring 2026

Don't Hug the Pug

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 2
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

“A smelly situation contrived to create an easily legible text for budding readers.” — KIRKUS REVIEWs

A simple story told in comic-book form about a baby that does a lot of hugging . . . with one caveat!

Baby likes to cuddle. Grown-Up lets him cuddle the rug, the jug, the bug, and the slug. But DON’T HUG THE PUG! Why not? What’s wrong with the pug? This hilarious and deceptively simple story will have little ones shrieking with laughter. The combination of speech bubbles, rhymes, very short sentences, and a stinky twist makes this a perfect book for both the pre-school audience and early readers.

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978-1-908714-65-7
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$14.95
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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 2
Reading Level Grade 1
Genre Picture Books
Copyright 2019
Publisher Cicada Books
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2026-01-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV057000, JUV019000, JUV002070
Dewey [E]
Dimensions 8.25 x 10.6667

Author: Robin Jacobs

Robin Jacobs is a children’s television and book writer living on the outskirts of Bristol, UK, with her family and two dogs. She has an undergraduate degree in earth sciences and has authored books such as Earth-Shattering Events (Cicada, 2019) and The Mellons Build a House (Cicada, 2023).

Illustrator: Matthew Hodson

Matthew Hodson is a graphic artist and poet. He likes other people, the woods, and boiled eggs. He is frustrated by cynicism and mold. He is the author of At This Very Moment (Cicada, 2021) and the illustrator of Don’t Hug the Pug (Cicada, 2019).