Hugs when you're happy.
Hugs when you're sad.
Hugs when you're scared.
Hugs when you're mad!

Join Brown Bear and Friends as they celebrate love and the power of hugs!

This charming, sweet rhyming book is the perfect gift for Valentine's Day - or any day of the year.
Fans of Eric Carle will love this special hug in a book as it’s the perfect way to say I love you. Using a range of images from the World of Eric Carle, and featuring Brown Bear, Polar Bear, Panda Bear, Baby Bear and more, this special gift book celebrates the affirming power of a hug.

Want to read more from Brown Bear and friends, check out:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Baby Bear's Busy Day
Brown Bear: 123
Brown Bear: Colours

About the Author

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children.

His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies.

Carle illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world. In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children's literature.

In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form.

Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today. www.eric-carle.com