One Winter's Day by M. Christina Butler

One Winter's Day Reviews

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  Abigail

  Little Hedgehog, that adorable erinaceus hero whose adventures began in
  One Snowy Night, returns in this second touch-and-feel picture-book devoted to his doings. When a particularly strong wind destroys his nest one winter's day, he bundles up and sets off for Badger's house, where he hopes to find shelter. Meeting a variety of very cold creatures on his way - a family of mice whose home has also been destroyed by the high winds, an otter with freezing hands, a shivering fawn - he sacrifices all of his warm wrappings to help them out. After a cozy night at Badger's, he returns to the site of his former nest to discover... a wonderful surprise!
  
  With a heartwarming story in which a series of good deeds are rewarded in kind, cute-as-a-button illustrations, and a velvety hat, scarf and mittens, all of which can be touched and felt by the young child, One Winter's Day offers an entertaining and interactive reading experience. Although I didn't enjoy it quite as much as its predecessor, it was still solidly engaging, and more than enough to convince me to continue on the the next Little Hedgehog adventure,
  One Rainy Day. After all, these books feature a cuddly hedgehog, so how bad could they be?
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  Christina/ The Blog for Teachers, Readers, & Life!

  One Winter’s Day (ages 3-8) by M. Christina Butler and illustrated by Tina Macnaughton is an adorable and enchanting story about the warming power of friendship. When you read this book, the children can touch and feel Little Hedgehog’s hat, scarf, and mittens. Little Hedgehog travels through a blizzard helping all of his animal friends along the way. Suddenly, Little Hedgehog is in need of rescuing. Will his friends come to his aid? I loved the delightful illustrations and the sweet story of friendship! This would work well for a friendship unit as well.
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  Katherine

  A heartwarming tale about kindness and gratitude. LOVED IT.
  
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  YoSafBridg

  My name is YoSafBridg and i'm a picture book addict. This problem seems to hit especially hard in winter, when all these cute little cuddly animals appear wanting to cozy up, calling out to me, with their seductive siren songs. I ask you, what's a weak little librarian, like me to do?
  There i was today, innocently walking past the picture book display when this adorable little hedgehog (an animal i have always wanted to adopt by the by, unfortunately the cats will not allow me to do so) unavoidably beckons to me from the cover of One Winter's Day (a touch and feel book) by M. Christina Butler and illustrated by Tina Macnaughton.
  This is an incredibly cute book as the little hedgehog makes his way through the woods once the wind blows his nest away, playing good Samaritan to every poor little creature he meets. Of course there is a moral (well not really a moral~but it does show that being kind and sweet and selfless and all that will reward you with good karma~maybe saying that life is fair even when we all know that it really isn't) at the end and again i question the wisdom of over-adorableness of wild animals in tales for children but this one just wins over that "awe" factor in me (and tells that cynic to go sulk in the corner for a while).
  What can i say?
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  Jennifer

  Little Hedgehog is building his nest for the winter when a ferocious wind blows it right away. He decides his best option is to go stay with Badger. On his way to Badger's house, Little Hedgehog meets several friends in need and he helps them. Eventually he finds shelter from the storm and a big surprise awaiting him the next day in return for his kindness. A sweet story, great as a group or individual read aloud. Amazing illustrations that include a fuzzy hat, mittens, and scarf kids can touch and feel.
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  elena

  this is so precious:((((
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  Luisa Knight

  Aww, what a lovable little hedgehog. He provides a wonderful lesson in caring for others.
  
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  Rosa Cline

  This is a delightful book that has unusual characters for the young children to be introduced to or reintroduced to. Animals that normally aren't in children books (or very little are they in them) like hedgehogs, badgers, etc. A winter storm comes upon them quickly and blows hedgehogs home away he sets off to find his friend badger to stay with him during the storm. And along the way Hedgehog finds friends that are cold and shivering so he give them his hat, mittens and scarf leaving him without anything to warm him. Badger does take him in and they weather the storm to venture out after the storm to find him a new home. He's sad and doesn't know what he'll do since the storm blew away everything he needs to build a new home. But he's very pleasantly surprised by his new friends...
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  Alicia

  A great story about karma and selfless giving. Mr. Hedgehog is going to stay at a friends during a snow storm and as he makes his way he enounters forest animals out in the cold. At each point he gives away a piece of his winter clothing, until he has nothing left.
  
  In the end, the animals remember after the storm has passed and builds Mr. Hedgehog a new home, destroyed by the storm, out of sticks and his winter clothing.
  
  My favorite was the bright color of his mittens, hat, and scarf in a different materials that the paper of the book, it's definitely something I haven't seen in a book before.
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  Angie

  Synopsis: "A delightful story about sharing with others, with soft flocking wherever Little Hedgehog's mittens, hat, and scarf appear."
  
  My Review: This is such a cute little story. I love the illustrations and Munchkin is at the point where he can find and feel the textures in the book. I love how the Hedgehog is so kind and generous even though he is suffering as well and how the animals find a way to repay him for his kindness. I nice little message about how kindness will be repaid in some way.
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  Alysia Adams

  Title: One Winter’s Day
  Author: M. Christina Butler
  Illustrator: Tina Macnaughton
  Publisher: Good Books
  Date: October 2006
  Genre: Fiction/Animals/Life lesson
  Strength/Aspect of Special Interest: This children’s book shows how one animal, or person, can make a difference. By showing compassion and love for others, one hedgehog was able to greatly affect the lives of other animals in his area.
  
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  Becky B

  Hedgehog's home is blown away in a terrible storm. As he makes his way to find shelter with Badger, he finds others also in need and unselfishly shares what he can with each of them. After the storm, he finds that the others repaid his kindness by building him a new home.
  
  A very cute little book about giving self-sacrificially and how kindness often spurs on kindness. I loved the illustration style too.
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  Eva Kelly

  This one made snow seem SCARY.
  But you know, that hedgehog is nice enough, but he needs to think about himself. He gives away all his winter stuff and then he's freezing cold AND homeless. I mean, it all worked out in the end, but still, that's not a good idea.
  Oh! And another thing. This one was the one that had the fuzzy pictures in it. Like when you touched the pictures of the hedgehog's hat and scarf and mittens and stuff? They were all fuzzy.
  So they get BONUS points for that!
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  Wesley and Fernie

  This is one of those adorable children's books that help to teach a nice moral lesson. The hedgehog is a very altruistic sort, giving the other animals its winter garb so that they will stay warm, even if it comes at his expense. This was a good book to read to my classroom because it helped them to see that we shouldn't share merely because it will benefit us, but because it is a kind thing to do that demonstrates a love for our neighbor.
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  Jason

  I read this book as part of a presentation during the Oklahoma Writing Project Summer Institute 2011. It was very cute and sweet with a great lesson on sharing. A morbid part of me thought it would be funny if Little Hedgehog froze after he gave away his hat, scarf, and gloves with the lesson being that you should be selfish. Ha.
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  Mandy

  On a windy winter's day, Little Hedgehog's nest is blown away. He bundles up and sets off to see if he can stay with Badger. But along the way, he sees some friends suffering in the cold and he can't help but help them.
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  Deidra Dawn

  cute
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  Karima

  O poveste de iarnă minunată despre un arici, atent și grijuliu cu cei din jur. 🦔 Chiar dacă culcușul lui cald și primitor a fost luat pe sus de vânt, ariciul s-a gândit la suferințele animalelor cu care s-a întâlnit în drumul său, în căutare de adăpost la căsuța bursucului. Familiei de șoareci i-a dăruit căciula lui călduroasă, vidrei i-a dăruit mănușile, iar puiului de căprioară fularul. Ajuns la casa bursucului, înfrigurat, a fost primit cu căldură și bursucul s-a oferit să-l ajute să-și construiască un nou culcuș. Mare i-a fost surpriza când a văzut că animalele pe care le-a ajutat i-au pregătit cel mai primitor culcuș.
  Recomand această carte cu tot dragul. 🙂❤️
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  RBPL Staff

  This adorable story follows Little Hedgehog as he travels during a snow storm after his nest has been destroyed, showing kindness and friendship to others along the way. When he returns to his nest to rebuild he finds the kindness returned by those who he has helped. Adorable vibrant colors are accompanied by velvety soft touch and feel hat, gloves, and scarf offer a warmth and coziness to the snowy scenes.
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  Maura

  So sweet and cute. Hedgehog's house gets blown away and as he goes to take cover he runs into other cold woodland animals and gives them his hat, scarf, and gloves to keep them warm. Once the storm is over, he finds that they have returned the favor and built him a new home using all the things he gave them. I love the illustrations and the velvet feeling of the hat, scarf, and mittens throughout this Touch-and Feel book.
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  Shawn Ly’s Book Notes & Quotes

  This book reminds me a lot of the French story “Manolo le Blaireau”.
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  Aphton

  The cutest tale, reading to any toddler will let them think about sharing and caring.
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  Brittany

  This book will teach kids to be kind to one another and always try to help a friend out when they are in need.
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  Chad Olson

  Looking for shelter, hedgehog shares his clothes to help others.