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Happy Hector (Tilly and Friends) Paperback – January 1, 2012

by Polly Dunbar (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
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Meet Tilly and her friends! From the celebrated Polly Dunbar comes the second in a series of humorous stories about a lovable group of pals.

Hector the pig is very happy sitting on Tilly's lap, until Tiptoe, Pru, Tumpty, and Doodle squish their way in and spoil it. But Tilly knows how to show her friend Hector how special he is — by painting a picture just for him.
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  1. Reading age
    2 - 6 years
  2. Part of series
    Tilly and Friends
  3. Print length
    32 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Dimensions
    6.73 x 0.16 x 8.31 inches
  6. Publisher
    Walker Books Ltd
  7. Publication date
    January 1, 2012
  8. ISBN-10
    1406340480
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1406340488
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Walker Books Ltd; Midi ed edition (January 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1406340480
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1406340488
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 6 years
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.73 x 0.16 x 8.31 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 80 ratings

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Polly Dunbar

Polly Dunbar

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Polly Dunbar graduated from Brighton Art School in 1999 where she studied illustration. Polly still lives and works in Brighton. Author and illustrator of Penguin, Dog Blue and Flyaway Katie. Polly is the daughter of the distinguished author Joyce Dunbar who she collaborated with on the picture book Shoe Baby. She is the illustrator of My Dad's a Birdman and The boy who climbed into the Moon, both written by David Almond. Polly also illustrated Here's a Little Poem, an anthology of poems for very young children. Her best selling book Penguin won the Nestle Silver award 2007, The Book trust early Years award 2007, The Red house award 2008 and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Polly is the author and illustrator of Tilly and Friends, a humorous and colourful series of six books following the escapades of a little girl and her animal friends who all live together in a little yellow house.

Polly is the co-founder of Long Nose puppets, an award winning puppet company, they have made successful adaptations of the books Shoe Baby, Fly Away Katie and Penguin. Long Nose Puppets are currently touring the UK.

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Pam Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great from toddler up to about 51/2
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2015
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What can I say - it's a Polly Dunbar book. My daughter, the toy collector, loves all of her books. We have them all and they are all a treasure. All of her books demonstrate a myriad of emotions that children can relate to, If I could only have one author in my child's library, it would be the works of Polly Dunbar. Great from toddler up to about 51/2. Buy the hardcover. You'll want to keep these.
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Danielle M. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars Help kiddos understand the basics of friendship with the help of a delightful cast of characters.
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2011
Tilly and her friends are up to the usual; playing, dressing up, painting, hiding, reading, sleeping and much much more. Doing what kids do best and sometimes...what they don't do so well; biting, yelling, pushing and other not to nice things. What Tilly does for her friends though is show them how to behave their very best and enjoy being together.

This series, though not flashy with glitter and neon colors, is a stand out in my opinion. Without a doubt, over the last couple of months that we've been reading it both Littlebug and Turkeybird have wanted to read each book over and over again, more than any other books on the shelf. To be honest, I was a bit surprised. When they arrived (unjacketd, of course, which is fantastic!) the seemingly plain book spine and pencil type illustrations didn't seem to me to be something the kiddos would gravitate towards. I did of course, I devoured each book that evening on my own, loving the very simple yet beautiful illustrations of Tilly, Tumpty, Doodle and the others. Not to mention the stories were adorable, teaching kids to be polite, not grumpy or selfish, not to bite, when to go to bed and more but in a very funny way. They were also some of the first that my dear sweet Baker (hubby) has really enjoyed reading as well (he's extremely picky about picture books).

Well, I once had a doctor jokingly tell me, "Kids live to prove you wrong" and that is absolutely the case with these books. Immediately they loved them. Not only that, but as Littlebug mentioned, her recent elephant gift for her birthday has been named Tumpty (pronounced "Tumppy" by her) and it must go with her everywhere. They've absolutely fallen in love with the series, as have I.

Tilly and Friends may seem a quiet and inconspicuous, but once you open the pages you'll quickly see precisely how delightful these characters are. Helping children to see there is a better way to treat our friends isn't always the easiest thing either, but with Tilly and her troop of animal friends children will be able to gain a better understanding of some of the most basic concepts that can often be taken for granted by adults. Polly Dunbar has made a beautiful set of books that not only children will love, but parent will love as well. Our family being one that is entirely captivated with this series of books and I know many other families will be as well. Do not pass this series of books up for a much more `shinny' picture book, you would be missing out on some of your best reading time ever with your kiddos.

Originally reviewed & copyrighted on my site, There's A Book.
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Shawn C. Whittington
5.0 out of 5 stars Another addtion to my son's favorite series.
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013
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My 4-year-old loves this series, and while "Happy Hector" is not his favorite (hey, we all can't be Doodle or Tiptoe) he still loves this one nonetheless. Another children's great by Polly Dunbar.
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Michelle Hogue
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Hector
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2011
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This is an adorable book in the Tilly and Friends series. I am happy with this book, just as I have been with all of the Tilly books. The book arrived in great shape.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2014
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I'm not sure why but my toddler loves this book and the others in the series. They are easy to read to him for a bedtime story.
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IowaMum
5.0 out of 5 stars The Hello Tilly series of books is fun
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2012
My boys love all six books in the "Hello Tilly" series by UK-based writer/illustrator Polly Dunbar. "Hello Tilly" is the first of the series and introduces you to the "six friends who live together in a little yellow house". We particularly love "Doodle Bites" and "Goodnight Tiptoe". Our least favorite is "Pretty Pru", which includes playing with make-up. We have been reading these aloud since the boys were babies. Each of the animals are a bit naughty in each book and that can make it fun for toddlers. I like hearing some of the British language in the books, as well.
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K. Walsh
5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Hector
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2011
My two year old twins love the entire series about Tilly and her friends. Hector is a sweet little pig learning to share the girl he loves.
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lowkster
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay for a warm up read for young ones.
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2013
This book is okay, just a bit too short to read to my 3 year old plus. She is however fascinated by the wonderful cast of characters drawn beautifully in the book. I just found out via this page that this book is a series. Maybe by reading them, we can get a better context of the other characters in the book such as TipToe, Doodles etc. In this one the appear briefly just as an attention competitor for Tilly.

All in all it's an okay book and I look forward to getting others in the series.
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Explore Crafts LTD
5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2019
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We love the Tilly and Friends book collection. Tiptoe is her fave!
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Marcella Ravaglia
4.0 out of 5 stars dolcissimo
Reviewed in Italy on December 1, 2016
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un ottimo supporto per insegnare l'amicizia in lingua inglese, poi ovviamente la grafica è adorabile. Solo la rilegatura è un po' scadente (aprire piano il libro, sennò la copertina si scolla) e inadatta ai piccolissimi che trattano i libri con meno delicatezza.
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4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful illustrations
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2012
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We love reading Polly Dunbar and have started to buy the books to have a to home, instead of from library. I was disappointed that the book i received today was not the same quality as the previous book i had ordered. This book is smaller and printed on shiny paper, my other book was standard size (large) printed on lovely matt paper, textured front page. It doesn't matter i guess in the enjoyment of the story but i had wanted to make it a set heyho wish they had put this info down and i would have got one to match.
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Mrs. L. Phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2013
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Bought the whole set of Tilly books for 4 year old and she just loves all of them. Would recommend
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Bluetwirl
5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous stories
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2012
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Such great drawings and stories, our daughter loves them. Really nice books and characters especially tiptoe. I would recommend to anyone!
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