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Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates to an affluent suburban enclave, but can’t escape the changes sweeping the country. On Chicago’s North Shore, a multiracial mom joins an ultraprogressive challenge to the town’s liberal status quo. In Compton, California, whose suburban roots are now barely recognizable, undocumented Hispanic parents place their gifted son’s future in the hands of educators at a remarkable elementary school.

It's a sunny morning, and Herbert the hedgehog has decided to get a job. Mister Rabbit is looking for someone to help him deliver the morning papers, and Herbert thinks it could be the perfect job. It should be quite simple, but with Herbert involved, nothing ever goes quite to plan!

One minute Herbert is snuggled up in bed, and the next he's at the bottom of the sea! There are lots of new creatures to meet, but some are more friendly than others. It really is a most extraordinary dream, but afterwards Herbert is left wondering if it had really been a dream at all!

Autumn has arrived, and Herbert and his friends decide to help his Mum and Dad collect leaves so they can make up the beds for their long winter sleep. But it's very windy so collecting leaves isn't as simple as it should be - especially with Herbert involved! Herbert the Hedgehog made his first literary appearance in 1984 with a series of three books published by Sedgelock Books, before being picked up by Hippo Books part of Scholastic in 1986 for another series.