The story starts with yet another member of the hedgehog family being run over, and the characters of Ma and Pa being introduced. Max's story will provide an entertaining and heartwarming story to read to young children or for confident young readers to read to themselves. The Hodgeheg’ is a story about an intelligent hedgehog named ‘Max’. Max lives in the garden of 5A with ‘Pa Hedgehog’, ‘Ma Hedgehog’, and his three sisters, ‘Peony Hedgehog’, ‘Penny Hedgehog’ and ‘Petunia Hedgehog’. Through his career, King-smith write over 100 books that were translated across 12 different languages! So, if you enjoyed this story, there are plenty more to choose from.

The story begins with PA Hedgehog explaining to his children about the problems that hedgehogs have in crossing the road to get to the park. Having listened to his father’s speech, Max asks his father how humans can cross the road safely. PA Hedgehog tells his son that he does not know and sets him the challenge of finding out.

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The busy road is dangerous but Max is determined to make his way across. If humans can do it, why can’t hedgehogs? If you enjoy reading the story of Max the Hodgeheg, you might like to learn more about the author. Here are some fun and interesting facts that to share with your class: Max goes on a quest to find out how humans cross the road safely. He notices how humans cross the street and thinks that hedgehogs can do the same. I've taken a look and I think this resource might be similar to what you had in mind! Please do let me know if it's not what you were looking for :) Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from the Park, with its beautiful lily pond, and more importantly its juicy slugs, worms and snails!

His first attempt ends in a nasty bump on the head, and Max finds when he tries to speak his words are all mixed up. He is now a Hodgeheg, not a hedgehog, but he is still determined to fulfil his mission.

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There are some nice little realistic details, like the description of the difference between a juvenile and an adult hedgehog, and how noisy young hedgehogs are (it really is true). The illustrations are sweet, too. The Hodgeheg’ is the story of Max, a young hedgehog who wants to play in the park; his only obstacle is a busy road. When he tries to cross the road he ends up with a bump on his head, which confuses him, and he begins to say everything all jumbled up. He is determined to reach the park where there is lots of juicy food like worms so he begins to watch the humans crossing. First he see’s that when the man turns green all the humans cross. So one day he readies himself at the edge of the path and when the man turns green he tries to run across the road. He is halfway across, but then the humans from the other side approach and he gets pushed around and is unable to get to the other side. Finally he see’s the lollipop lady and with the help of his family they all cross safely together.