Waffles and Julius: No Hugs Please

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A brilliantly funny brand new series from an award-winning creator

Meet Waffles and Julius.

Waffles loves hugs.
Julius does not.

Waffles would love a hug right now.
Will Waffles get a hug?

Vere presents the classic cat-and-dog conflict with humor that primarily comes through his colorful mixed-media illustrations... The playful text makes for a lively read-aloud. Underneath the silliness is a welcome lesson about patience, respecting boundaries, and accepting others as they are.
The Horn Book starred review

Vere effectively plays the differences between dogs and cats for laughs; he also smoothly underscores the importance of respecting boundaries and demonstrates that even the best-intentioned among us can fail to truly empathize with our friends. His text is short and accessible for beginning readers, while the art focuses closely on the characters; they’re drawn as expressive cartoon shapes, large and set against mostly plain backgrounds, allowing readers to fill in the gaps and imagine the setting for themselves.

A clever and funny friendship primer.
Kirkus Reviews

About Ed Vere

Ed Vere is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer and illustrator of picture books, including How To Be a Lion - winner of Oscar's Book Prize - and Max the Brave which was named one of The Sunday Times's '100 Modern Children's Classics'.
He studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. Ed has worked with CLPE to co-create the Power of Pictures scheme which encourages visual literacy in primary school education and has received major funding from the Arts Council. He is also a painter, working from his studio in east London.

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