How Do You Hug a Porcupine?

The third book in the General Mills Spoonful of Stories series!Can you imagine hugging a porcupine? Sure, it's easy to picture hugging a bunny or even a billy goat, but where would you begin to try to hug a porcupine?After seeing all his friends hug their favorite animals, one brave boy works up the courage to hug a porcupine, but the porcupine isn't so sure he wants to be hugged!The latest contest winner Laurie Isop and illustrator Gwen Millward aren't afraid to ask the pointed questions!

Laurie Isop is the winner of the General Mills Spoonfuls of Stories contest. She and her husband run a wedding photography business. She lives in Renton, Washington. Visit her at www.laurieisop.com.

Gwen Millward has illustrated several picture books including Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood and The Bog Baby. She lives in England.