"HOW TO HUG A HEDGEHOG," by Brad Wilcox and Jerrick Robbins, Familius, $14.95, 144 pages (nf) Being a parent to a teen is not usually an easy undertaking.

Hedgehog Needs a Hug Jen Betton. Putnam, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3712-2. In her debut solo picture book, Betton (illustrator of Twilight Chant) gives the long-lamented lot of the lonely ...