Hogbert by Briony May Smith
Published by Candlewick on November 1, 2025
ISBN: 1536245038
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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Hogbert is the smallest hoglet in her family but is just as excited as her brothers and sisters to go into the forest with Mommy Boar looking for “truffles and treats” for the very first time! As they head out Mommy Boar tells her brood to stay close with warnings about the Big Bad Wolf.

Before Hogbert even has time to think his snout catches wonderful and distracting scents and his family has moved on without him! Just then he meets up with a little red squirrel who is on her way to visit her granny. They trundle on together nervously hearing crunches in the woods and scurrying to safety only to find a fawn in the underbrush. This threesome continues their fairytale-like search through the beautifully illustrated woods until they are together with their families once again.

This story is as sweet and charming as they come.

4-8 years old

Reviewed by MaryAnn Lopes, Elementary Librarian. Lewiston Public Schools, Lewiston, Maine.