I downloaded Darling Hedgehog Goes Down a Foxhole from NetGalley. It looks adorable and sounds like a fun read but unfortunately the only page that will open is the title page.

*Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in return for a fair and honest review.
This is a difficult one to review and rate. It's the tale of Darling Hedgehog who falls down a fox hole while looking for her parents and meets Fox. Ultimately the moral of the story is not to trust everyone we meet, a good lesson for children to learn. The story, however, didn't seem to flow easily and often seemed rather forced. The illustrations were also a bit weird...sometimes I found them cute, other times I was just puzzled. Overall, it's not a bad book, just in need of some editing and a new illustrator.

Darling Hedgehog Goes Down A Foxhole by Auralee Arkinsly is a charming book for young children ages eight years and below. It is beautifully illustrated by Julia Swezy. I only had a black and white copy on my kindle and I imagine a paperback in colour would be stunning.
The book has some life lessons to be learnt – trust must be earnt; be brave; find what you are good at. These are all starting points for discussions with your child.
With simple sentences this book is ideal to read aloud to young children or for early readers to read themselves. It would make a beautiful addition to any bookshelf.
Both the hedgehog and the fox are well illustrated and would appeal to young children. They would translate perfectly into soft toys too.
A very charming read for the very young.
I received this book for free. A favourable review was not required and all views expressed are my own.

Cutest little hedgehog, illustrations were pretty. It came across as stranger danger to me. hedgehog has to learn not to be so trusting

Cute little store to read to your younger kids,nieces,and nephews . The illustrations are adorable don't have kids and nieces and nephews live far away read it in a video and send it to them so they can listen to you read to them at night .

Additional star given because the book is about hedgehogs, and I adore hedgehogs.

Poor illustrations, and the story is an odd one. Why did the fox dress the hedgehog in a tutu and a bow? Especially since the fox originally planned to eat the hedgehog? and then the fox just wanted her to sit and be pretty?

Thank you to Net Galley for the ARC for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this sweet and funny story about a hedgehog who accidentally falls into a fox hole and becomes friends with the fox, or so she thinks. The artwork is really beautiful and helps to perfectly tell the story. I think children will like this book

Darling Hedgehog: Goes Down A Foxhole is a lovely chapter book for primary school aged children. It is the story of Darling the hedgehog who, as the title suggests, falls down a foxhole and finds a fox who she tries to be friends with.

At the beginning of this book I wasn't sure what to expect with the story or what it's main message was but once I reached the end I was pleasantly surprised. I like how the story shows that you should be careful who you talk to and befriend and the fox is the perfect character for this with his sly ways. I think Darling was a great character as she was always so strong and trying to do her best for fox despite the fact that he never seemed appreciative and always acted so strangely.

The book has lots of coloured illustrations throughout which make it great for a range of children whether it is read by themselves or read to them it should be an enjoyable read. The illustrations have a hand drawn look to them which really adds to the sweetness of the book but they are still detailed and very nice for the children to look at. I was surprised at how many pictures there were for a chapter book which is brilliant!

At forty pages it is quite a short read and I think it could've been made longer but it is definitely worth a read. Such a lovely story of Darling the hedgehog and a great message for children to take from it, beware of strangers as they might not be as you expect!

First off, I have to say I love the cover and little Darling and her curiosity. She thought to go looking for her parents who have been missing. But instead, she found Miss fox, oh boy, and she was a cunning and smooth one indeed.
A cute little book in which little Darling learned a valuable lesson after freeing her parents from the cage prison in Miss fox’s kitchen. The warnings of never trust a stranger, for not everyone you meet, will mean you well, is ever so true in this book.

Gah! I was enjoying this story, even though I knew where it was headed. What upset me, and may well upset small, observant children, are the little animals left behind in Ms. Foxes pantry! Darling saves her parents, bit no where does it say they freed the others! Horrors. Now I realize all creatures need to eat, but maybe those others could have been left out if they weren't going to be saved.... Other than that, the story was fine and the illustrations were cute.

I struggled with this book. A hedgehog's parent's are missing and she falls down a foxhole. The fox tries to befriend her to get the hedgehog to let her guard down, but the things this fox is asking Darling, the hedgehog, to do, are very odd. The tutu was very weird, and I didn't quite understand why. I know that this book was meant to caution against strangers, but I just don't feel that it did a great job of that. The illustrations felt unfinished as well, making the overall experience underwhelming.'

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to BooksGoSocial for a digital edition of ‘Darling Hedgehog Goes Down a Foxhole’, written by Auralee Arkinsly and illustrated by Julie Swezy, in exchange for an honest review.

This is a chapter book intended for early readers. It’s a sweet cautionary tale about a hedgehog named Darling whose parents are missing. Darling falls into a foxhole and rolls out the other end where she meets Miss Fox.

Miss Fox addresses her as ‘Dumpling’, which should cause some concern. Then she tries to win Darling’s friendship and get her to lower her guard by various means.

This was quite amusing, especially the illustrations as Miss Fox transports Darling on a bike and in a car. Poor Darling is oblivious...

I have a friend who has set up a wildlife camera that nightly captures local hedgehogs and foxes feeding from a station side-by-side so I was fairly confident that Darling would be safe.

This book clearly provides an opportunity for parents and/or teachers to introduce the subject of exercising caution when encountering overly friendly strangers as well as some information about foxes and hedgehogs.

Beware of crafty foxes!

I did not care for this because...
- Darling forgets about her parents as soon as Miss Fox gives her a tutu?
- Darling does all sorts of dangerous and degrading things to make Miss Fox happy...a stranger.
- When she finds a bunch of animals trapped she only sets her parents free?
All these things with just "okay" illustrations made this less than enjoyable.
Thanks to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for my DRC.

A nice moral lesson and cute facts about hedgehogs, what's not to like. I liked the illustrations too and found this book to be quite darling.