Hugless Douglas and the Big Sleep

Author(s): David Melling

Picture books

Join Douglas on a sleepover in this board book edition of the third Hugless Douglas adventure. This bestselling series has sold over 1.4 million copies to date in 26 languages!


Hugless Douglas is very excited about Rabbit's sleepover, but he collects so many friends along the way that soon it's a big squash in Rabbit's small burrow! How will they ever get to sleep?


David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his third book about Douglas the brown bear is as funny and compelling as the first. It combines brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world. Perfect for bedtime and hugtime!


Hello, Hugless Douglas! was a World Book Day picture book in 2014.


'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration.' - Daily Mail


Product Information

A wonderful new adventure about Hugless Douglas - the lovable huggable bear!

Praise for Hugless Douglas:A charming and endearing tale. - Bookseller A thoroughly enjoyable experience. - Bookbag Douglas will no doubt become a hit as he is such a lovable character. - Families South West Another warm and charming story featuring the amiable but often bewildered Douglas. Wonderful. - Peters Gazette The whole book works very well, being both funny and silly and yet, also, charming and relevant to small children. - Bookbag

David Melling has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Book Award. Before becoming an internationally-acclaimed and bestselling author-illustrator, David worked as a photographer and as an animation artist for films including the much-loved Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs. He was born in Oxford and still lives near the city with his wife and two children. One of his most popular picture books The Tale of Jack Frost was animated and shown on BBC1 on Christmas Day with a voice over by Hugh Laurie and it was shortlisted for the Pulcinella Award 2005 for 'Best TV Movie' category.

General Fields

  • : 9781444901498
  • : Hachette Children's Group
  • : Hodder Children's Books
  • : 0.22
  • : December 2016
  • : 261mm X 259mm X 4mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : April 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : David Melling
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : en
  • : 823.92
  • : 3 - 5 years
  • : 32
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations