Tellegen, Toon – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:20:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Tellegen, Toon – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The Cricket’s Healing https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-crickets-healing/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=52973 Even in our darkest moments, there is always the possibility of healing: a sensitive and sharply funny illustrated gift book about struggling with-and overcoming-depression

The 2nd internationally bestselling book in Toon Tellegen’s witty, philosophical series of animal fables about our mental health

One day, the cricket notices a strange feeling in his head: a heavy, unwavering feeling that won’t go away. It’s a sensation he can’t shake off, no matter how hard he tries. His once jolly demeanour starts to fade, and soon the other animals in the forest notice the change that has come over him. They start calling him ‘the gloomy cricket’.

No matter how hard he tries, the cricket can’t seem to find the right words to explain this feeling to the other animals. And as the feeling gets worse, he starts to feel more and more isolated from them all. Why don’t they seem to experience this pain like he does? Only after a long time and a lot of effort does that feeling disappear from his head again.

An international bestseller,  Toon Tellegen’s much loved series has sold more  than 1 million copies in the Netherlands. The Cricket’s Healing is the perfect gift for the hurting “Cricket” in your life. This lovely-and loving book-addresses deep emotional and philosophical themes with humor, kindness, and intelligence.

]]> The Hedgehog’s Dilemma https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-hedgehogs-dilemma/ Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=44991 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: The first in a series of witty, philosophical animal stories with whimsical illustrations – for adult fans of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and His Horse!

We’ve all been there: When a lonely hedgehog hosts a party for his friends, he’s suddenly wracked by social anxiety and self-doubt…

The hedgehog is feeling rather lonely, so one day he decides to invite all the other animals for a party. But the hedgehog is also rather a shy, reserved animal, and is terribly worried about doing or saying something he shouldn’t, and about all the things that could go wrong.

What if nobody comes? What if too many of them come? What if the elephant shows up and breaks all the furniture? Will anyone be able to hear the hedgehog talk above the frog’s croaking?   Maybe inviting the others over wasn’t such a good idea after all…

An international bestseller, with more than 1 million copies sold in the Netherlands, The Hedgehog’s Dilemma is the perfect gift for the shy, retiring ‘hedgehog’ in your life. This lovely-and loving book-addresses deep emotional and philosophical themes with humor, kindness, and intelligence.

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