Ozzy and the Prickly Huggles

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Don't ever go near human beings he remembered his mom warning him. </em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>But Ozzy didn't want to exclude anyone because of who or what they were... </em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Ozzy was different from the first moment of his spiky life. </em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>In his prickly world huggles and cuddles were abundant everyone could be huggled no matter how different they seemed. </em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ozzy and the Prickly Huggles is a delightful picture book about inclusion friendship confidence self-love and acceptance. </strong></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ozzy's home life is full of cuddles huggles and snuggles. Mom loves his prickly self and adores him unconditionally but the real world is different. Out there no one can imagine loving anyone so prickly.</span></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Through fall and winter Ozzy searches for a new friend someone who will love and accept him exactly the way he is. But the rabbit squirrel and Guppy don't understand - how can you cuddle and huggle a hedgehog?</span></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>At first Ozzy wishes he was different someone else someone softer. But he doesn't give up.</span></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ozzy's story is one of perseverance courage inclusion and self-acceptance teaching children to never ever give up on their dreams and to love themselves and others exactly as they are. </span></p>