![]() only 3!) The word ‘hug’ followed by a question mark is a lot more subtle than the more obvious phrase which could have been used: ‘I want my Mummy!’. I found that the most effective approach was to use words but very sparingly (i.e. I felt however that I should try to tell the story with words to see if it added anything to the storytelling. When I drew the story up in a dummy book it had no words at all and it worked quite pleasingly. Although there may be other adults to take care of it, only the hug of its Mum will make the child feel safe again. It is the story of the lost child in the supermarket. And if you are writing about hugs there is only one real story - a lost hug. Although this worked on one level I felt the book would have more punch if the hugs were linked with a story. In the beginning I had a collection of images, linked with rhymes of all the different species hugging in their different ways: the elephant with his trunk, the snakes entwined etc. ![]() ![]() These images got me thinking about hugs, how they can express the deepest feelings without the need for words, how everybody needs a hug sometime - wherever you are born or whether you are young or old. (Shown here are other early drawings where the bird has lost its Mum). I liked the idea that the smallest hug has the power to fill up even the largest animal. Hug began with a drawing of an elephant being hugged round the trunk by a bird. ![]()
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