Author(s): Blair Reeve

NZ Picture Books

It's Hogart's ninth birthday. Alas, he doesn't know his age because hedgehogs count on their back feet and their back feet only have eight toes. As Snorning's eldest hedgehog, Hogart is no longer the adventurer he once was, but someone has to find out what comes after eight! On his quest Hogart meets a helpless earthworm, a pragmatic robin, a friendly owl, a gullible badger and a mystical centipede. Hogart discovers that a hedgehog can count on its spines in more ways than one...