Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Picture Book Windows, North Mankato, MNĪmazon- Indie Books - Apple Books- Picture Book Windowsįind Herbie’s BIG Adventure on Goodreads HERE. Text and illustrations copyright © 2016 by Jennie Poh. And just like Herbie in Herbie’s BIG Adventure, children will return to mommy’s snuggly arms at day’s end. Herbie can help children prepare for their first day away from mom and maybe take away some of the anxiety they feel from being separated from her safe arms. Play and imagination help him through his adventure and can help young children as well. Herbie handles his adventure away from mom with courage. Young children will love the adorable Herbie. Herbie wakes up just in time to say thank you before an easterly wind blows him home. When he gets tired, Herbie tries snuggling up to a “prickly relative” (actually a rose bush, bare except for its sharp thistle), and under an “owl’s wing” before finding a “great mother snow bear.” He snugs up to the snow bear and sleeps cozily through the night. The leaf he’s blown away in, Herbie uses as a hat in the snow. In the land of snow, Herbie’s imagination serves him well. Herbie musters his courage and bravely heads out, one big steady step at a time. Herbie’s BIG Adventure is cute, much like Herbie himself. Would Herbie find somewhere to sleep and then his way home? If not, what would he do in a land of snow? When he landed, Herbie found himself in a pile of white snow. “Foraging is fun!” He thought, and then another westerly wind, much stronger than before, carried Herbie away in a leaf. A brisk westerly wind picked him up and tossed him into a pile of leaves. But Mommy persisted and one morning Herbie nervously began walking away.

Herbie was not excited to go, especially alone. Mommy told him he was ready to go on his first solo foraging adventure. He could rumble and tumble, burrow, and “roly-poly down a steep mountain.” Herbie was growing up. He snuggled in his mommy’s arms and thought it was perfect. On a late summer-early fall day-maybe a day just like today-Herbie was born. “It’s time for Herbie the hedgehog to go on his first big adventure, but is he ready? Herbie discovers that with a little imagination, he’s got all the courage he needs to face the big wide world.”

Herbie's Big Adventure by Jennie Poh