Anderson, Lena

"Hedgehog is terribly busy. She's washing, she's cooking, she's cleaning. One by one, Elephant, Pig, Teddy, and Lottie stop by. They'd like to eat and play; they'd like attention! But for once, Hedgehog doesn't have time for them. At the end of the day the mystery is solved when Hedgehog introduces all her friends to her newborn treasure." Provided by publisher.

Stina and her grandfather visit an old sailor on his birthday.

Introduces the numbers one to ten through the story of a little Hedgehog who is lonely until nine friends show up for tea.

Young readers learn about the concept of time as they follow Hedgehog, Duck, Elephant, Pig, and their friend Will through a busy day and night.

Hedgehog and Pig help a piglet who cannot find her way home to her mother, and Pig finds that love is even sweeter than sweet rolls.

On a visit to her grandfather's house by the sea, Stina goes outside to see a storm but is frightened by it until Grandfather finds her and shows her the best way to watch a storm is together.