Also written and/or illustrated by Tad Hills: Duck and Goose: Let's Dance! Duck and Goose: Colors! Duck and Goose Go to the Beach Rocket Writes a Story Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin (oversized board book) Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin How Rocket Learned to Read Duck and Goose: It's Time for Christmas! Duck, Duck, Goose Duck and Goose, How Are You Feeling? Waking Up Wendell Duck & Goose What's Up, Duck? (A Book of Opposites) Duck and Goose: Goose Needs a Hug by Tad Hills Ages 1-3 22 pages Schwartz and Wade December 2012 Board book     Goose visits his young friends when he’s feeling sad. Before he can ask them for what he needs--a hug--however, his request is interrupted by games of hide and seek, tag, and puddle-splashing. His friends (Thistle, Bluebird, and Duck) want to cheer him up, but because they don’t listen to Goose, their suggestions exasperate him. A shout from Goose gets their attention and results in a group hug, an idea that cheers everyone up. Summer scenes of blue skies and vast green landscapes are rendered in oil paints and colored pencils on double-page spreads. The comical illustrations (Goose’s friends appear from smallest to largest as they perform headstands) and closeups of expressions add appeal to this story about friends comforting friends. Pair Goose Needs a Hug with the author’s book Duck and Goose: How Are You Feeling? when introducing toddlers to stories about emotions.     web reviews   Tanya Boudreau/2013 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)