Hattie and Hudson

I fell in love with Chris Van Dusen’s illustrations in the Mercy Watson books and was so excited when I came across this book. I love the nice, big size and my kids and I love looking at all of the details in the gorgeous, colorful pictures. I am looking forward to reading it to my class in September also.

Great addition to children library!! Like the story and illustrations are truly some of the best!

It is a nice story. The pictures are great. I bought it for my 8 year old granddaughter

Really sweet story from one of our favorite authors. Just want to note that this book does include the line "What in the heck?" and also involves a child pretending to drown. Those two caveats aside, another great Chris Van Dusen book!

This book is an instant favorite. Our family loves this author and the illustrations. The story has some great lessons-it was a great book to bring as a mystery reader in elementary school.

I have a lot of children's books on my shelf, and all of the Chris Van Dusen titles are easily among the kids most favorite to pull off and read. His illustrations are always full of great character designs, and scenes that are full of beautiful details. Hattie & Hudson is no exception. I'm confident it will be added to our frequent reading list, and I won't mind at all as it's a fun tale of friendship. One thing worth noting is that the kind of lyrical, rhyming text that is generally present in his books is less evident in this story. I do not think it detracts from the story at all, but someone purchasing expecting that won't see it in this particular story. The kids also enjoy poring over the pages looking for any nods to previous books, and were happy to find a couple familiar faces included. I'd gladly recommend Hattie & Hudson, and suggest checking out his other books as well if you've not already done so.

My six year old first grader gave this book 4 stars. He liked the story, but it was a short read

Adorable story about connecting with those who don't "look" like us and protecting habitats. Gorgeous pictures.