Little Hansi the Hedgehog is the true story of a veterinary assistant named Kristina and the newborn hedgehog she finds abandoned on a country road. She takes him home, names him "Hansi" and becomes his substitute mother. Kristina builds "Hansi's House" from an empty box and furnishes it with everything a young, growing hedgehog needs: a "mattress" of cotton balls, fennel tea and kitten milk to drink, a towel to hide in, and a hot-water bottle to keep him warm. Over weeks and months, Kristina faces a number of challenges in trying to help Hansi learn to drink, walk, sleep and "poop" until he...

The Adventures of Hanis the Hedgehog is a nature book in two parts. Part 1 is the true story of Kristina and the newborn hedgehog she finds barely alive on a vineyard dirt road. She takes the baby hedgehog home and spends the next several months as its substitute mother. She names him Hansi and desperately works to help the abandoned baby survive. Over days and weeks, she faces a number of challenges in trying to help it learn to drink, walk, sleep and "poop" until he is strong enough to return into the wilderness. Part 2 continues the story of a fictional Hansi the Hedgehog, now grown up and...

Teil 1 ist die wahre Geschichte von Kristina und einem neugeborenen Igel, den Kristina fast leblos auf einem Feldweg in den Weinbergen gefunden hat. Unter ihrer liebevollen Pflege entwickelt sich das Igelbaby Hansi zu einem erwachsenen Igel, der in der Wildnis uberleben kann. Teil 2 ist die Fortsetzung der Geschichte mit einem fiktiven, erwachsenen Igel, der versucht in der Wildnis allein zurecht zu kommen. Der Leser folgt Hansis Abenteuern und drohenden Gefahren in seiner neuen Umgebung. Instinktiv entwickelt Hansi ein dickes Fettpolster und baut ein stabiles Nest fur den Winterschlaf. Im...