A01=Toon Tellegen
A12=Annemarie van Haeringen
animal fable
animal story
anxiety
Author_Annemarie van Haeringen
Author_Toon Tellegen
Category=FB
Category=FYT
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forthcoming
gift
introvert
philosophical
shyness
the boy
the fox and the horse
the mole
witty
Product details
- ISBN 9781805331735
- Dimensions: 129 x 178mm
- Publication Date: 24 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Pushkin Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The first in the internationally bestselling series of witty, moving and philosophical animal fables for adults.
'Only one question remains: is he a writer or a genius? I suspect the latter' De Morgen
'Toon Tellegen's stories provide endless pleasure' Die Ziet
'Moving and entertaining' De Volkskrant
The hedgehog is lonely.
So he writes a letter, inviting the animals of the forest to visit. But then he hesitates...
What if they all come at once? What if no one comes at all? What if they judge his prickles?
As doubts flood his mind, can anything save the hedgehog from himself?
Toon Tellegen is one of the Netherlands' best-loved authors. A retired doctor, he initially found fame as a children's author, before beginning his hugely popular series of philosophical animal fables for adults, which examine deep questions about life and happiness through encounters between different animals. The series has sold more than a million copies in the Netherlands alone, and the books have also become international bestsellers, translated into 25 languages across the world.
David Colmer has won many prizes for his translations, including the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (precursor to the International Booker Prize), both with novelist Gerbrand Bakker. He also translated Willem Frederik Hermans' An Untouched House and A Guardian Angel Recalls for Pushkin Press.
Annemarie van Haeringen is an internationally renowned illustrator of picture books who lives in Amsterdam. Her books have been translated into many languages and won numerous awards.
