Bland, Nick,  1973-, <br/><br/>
The Runaway hug / 
Nick Bland & [illustrated by] Freya Blackwood. 
 - Gosford, N.S.W. :  Scholastic Australia,  2011. 
 - 1 volume (unpaged) :  colour illustrations ;  28 cm. 
 - Premier's reading challenge K-2. .
 - Premier's reading challenge K-2. Children's Book Council of Australia awards 2012 .
<br/><br/> Children's Talking Books 2013. 
<br/><br/>Read by Rebecca Macauley. 
<br/><br/> "'Mummy', said Lucy,' can I have a hug before I go to bed? I promise I'll give it back'. Lucy shares the hug with everyone in her family. Along the way it becomes softer, sleepier, bigger, even peanut-buttery. But when the hug runs away, Lucy discovers that it is not so easy to get it back."--Back cover. 
<br/><br/> For pre-school age. 
<br/><br/> CBCA shortlist 2012.  Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Early Childhood, 2012. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781865044057 (hbk.) 9781741698909 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012453154 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>000045998084  AU 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Premier's reading challenge (NSW) grades K-2.<br/>Premier's Reading Challenge--Year K - Year 2.<br/>Hugging--Picture books.<br/>Picture books.<br/>Hugging--Fiction.<br/>Families--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Bedtime--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Family--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Families--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Picture books for children.<br/>Children's stories--Pictorial works.<br/>Hugging--Pictorial works--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Hugging.<br/>Hugging--Fiction.<br/>Family life--Fiction.<br/>Hugging--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Australian 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Children's stories<br/>Children's stories--Pictorial works<br/>Children's stories--Pictorial works<br/>Fiction.<br/>Juvenile works.<br/>Children's picture books<br/>Children's picture books<br/>Children's fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.B61135  / Ru 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>A823.4