If a refund or reimbursement is payable to you, we will transfer the money using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. Compared to the outstanding picture books like the Knuffle Bunny or Olivia series I'm reading over and over again with my toddler at the moment, this was more of a standard, run-of-the-mill picture book.

Poor Hugless Douglas just wants to find someone to hug, but it isn't as easy as you'd think when you're a big bear!Pooh has Piglet but this poor chap has no one to take his affections out on and a bear-hug is probably not everyone's cup of tea so he has work set out for him. Rocks are hugged, bushes are squeezed, sheep are grabbed and rabbits are molested and eventually he finds his Mum who gives the best hugs of all. Nothing incredible in the story telling, but the pictures are quite amusing and adorable and I think I would have enjoyed them as a kid especially.

Roadworks is a beautiful book, from the asphalt-patterned end papers to the bold illustrations and the big, blocky words that stand out on the page. David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators and his stories combine brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world. He previously worked as a photographer and as an animation artist for films including the much-loved Father Christmas, based on the book by Raymond Briggs.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading aloud to preschoolers and primary school children lately and I’ve noticed that I always read similar books to each group. When the expected happy ending rolls around, any possible mawkishness is tempted by the upbeat style.