Reviews for Hedgie's Surprise

The average rating for Hedgie's Surprise based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-04-03 00:00:00 Christopher Rose Another entry in the Hedgie series. This was fun to read. I suspected the ending and I was rewarded in kind. Our story is about Henney the Hen. A boy steals her eggs every morning and she wants to have children like the goose. She bemoans the egg thief. Hedgie comes along to help her. Together they plot a way to fool the boy. The boy is relatively lazy. He steals an egg, eats it and then sleeps the rest of the day. One morning he pulls out an acorn. Then other things are pulled out, all interesting and fun. Hedgie fixes that boy good, let me tell you, he's a smart hedgehog. The artwork is lovely. Jan Brett is on her details game here. The nephew enjoyed all the surprises the boy pulled out. He especially loved the ending and watching the boy run away. This would make a great little short. He gave this 3 stars. He thought it could have been more exciting.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-29 00:00:00 Shawn Waltman 2 Stars for the Story--Four Stars for the Illustrations. SPOILERS: Okay, how could I not love a story where a hedgehog is the hero of the tale!? Go, Hedgie!!! But, however cute Hedgie and Henny might be, the tale left me a bit annoyed. I'm not clear what the "moral" of the story is (aside from helping one's friends) because the naughty elf that keeps stealing Henny's eggs (and is eventually thwarted by Hedgie) doesn't seem to suffer more than a prick when Hedgie pretends to be an egg at the end. But there is no prickle of his conscience!!! The naughty lad goes right home and gets a delicious breakfast of porridge from his mother, further proving that he stole Henny's eggs only because he is spoiled. While I think Brett meant for this to be a happily-ever-after for all involved, I felt that a bit more justice needed to be served on our "rotten egg" of a thief.