Hedgehog Literature
 

Fact books about hedgehogs
Enlish language
German language
Swedish language
Norwegian language

Fantasy books about hedgehogs
English language
German language
French language

Various books about hedgehogs

Various items


Fact books:

English:

"Hedgehogs"  124 pages
Pat Morris
Illustrations: Guy Troughton
Whittet Books Ltd., Surrey, England 1983
Written for a general readership and including informative and amusing illustrations.
Very informative, fun illustrations, easy to read.
Translated to many languages
 

"Hedgehogs"  313 pages
Nigel Reeve
Illustrations: Ruth Lindsay
Poyser Natural History
T & A D Poyser Ltd, 24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DX, UK 1994
ISBN 0-05661-081-X
This book provides a wealth of information for wildlife enthusiasts and non-specialist academic alike.
 

"The Hedgehog"  24 pages
P. A. Morris
Illustrations: Guy Troughton and S. Wroot
Photographs: The author
Shire Natural History (Number 32)
Shire Publications Ltd, Cromwell House, Church Street, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire HP27 9AJ, UK 1988, 1992
ISBN 0 85263 958 9
Very informative booklet with very good colour photographs.
 

"The Hedgehog"  24 pages
Pat Morris
Illustrations: Sarah Wroot and Guy Troughton
Photographs: The author
The Mammal Society 1994
15 Cloisters House, 8
Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 4BG
ISBN 0-906282-46-2
A lot of useful information packed into small booklet. Good colour photographs.
 

"Hedgehog in your garden?"  18 pages
The Mammal Society 1991
15 Cloisters House, 8
Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 4BG
Author: Jane Sedgeley
Illustrations: Jenny Daltry and Anna Jones
ISBN 0 906282 14 4
Informative small booklet with amusing drawings.
 

"The Complete Hedgehog" 176 pages
Les Stocker
Chatto 1987
ISBN 0-7011-3272-8
Particularly concerned with caring for sick hedgehogs at the 'Hedgehog Hospital' in Aylesbury.
 

"Hedgehogs - A comprehensive study"
Konrad Herter
Phoenix House 1965 (1969 ?)
Now out of print but often available through local libraries.
 

"The Hedgehog"
M. Burton
Andre`Deutsch 1969
Reprinted as a Corgi 'Survival' paperback. Now out of print but often available through local libraries.
 

"Hedgehog"
Western Promotional Books Staff
ISBN:0-307-13253-6
 

"The Hedgehog"
Hilda Doolittle
ISBN: 0-8112-1069-3

"Secret life of the Hedgehog"
Liz Bomford
Hamlyn 1979
 

"The Handbook of British Mammals"
G.B. Corbet & S. Harris
Blackwells 1991,  3rd edition
Basic reference book on all British mammals.


German:

Neumeier, Monika: Das Igel-Praxisbuch Stuttgart: Franck-Kosmos-Verlag, 2001
ISBN 3-440-08954-1

Struck, Susanne; Meyer, Helmut: Die Ernährung des Igels. Hannover: Schlüter, 1998
ISBN 3-87706-517-1

Schicht-Tinbergen, Maartje: Der Igel. Jena: Fischer, 1989. 2. ed.
ISBN 3-334-00296-9

Schicht-Tinbergen, Maartje: Der Igel-Patient. Jena: Fischer, 1995
ISBN 3-334-60945-6

Forschungsgruppe Igel Berlin. (Ursula Biewald, Frauke Fiolka, Manfred Schubert et al.): Ergebnisse von Freilandbeobachtungen sowie von parasitologischen und bakteriologischen Untersuchungen bei in menschlicher Obhut überwinterten juvenilen Igeln (Erinaceus europaeus L., 1758); Lindau/B.: Pro Igel e.V., 1999
ISBN 3-9806708-0-5

Pro Igel e.V. (Roland Otto, Marcel Huijser, Michael Fehr et al): .2. Fachtagung "Rund um den Igel", Münster, Westf., 26. und 27. Mai 2001. Dokumentation der Tagungsbeiträge (Proceedings). Lindau: Pro Igel e.V., 2001
ISBN 3-9806708-5-6

Sonderband 10 Jahre „Igel-Bulletin“. Lindau/B.: Pro Igel e.V. 1999
ISBN 3-9806708-2-1

Neumeier, Monika: Igel in unserem Garten. Stuttgart: Franck-Kosmos-Verl., 1996
ISBN 3-440-07050-6

Reeve, Nigel; Sander, Jürgen; Schwarze, Andrea: Igel. Hohenwarsleben: Westarp Wiss., 2002
ISBN 3-89432-158-X 
(the book is already announced since 2001 it shall be published this year, so Nigel told me)

“Igel-Bulletin” Free journal of Pro Igel e.V. Germany. Appears two times a year in May and November. ISSN 1437-8671
 

Swedish:
"Vår ven igelkotten"
En informationsskrift utgiven av Igelkottens Venner
Igelkottens Venner, Garda, 620 16 Ljugarn, 1991
 

Norwegian
BARNAS BOK OM PIGGSVIN 
by Beate Johansen
Verlag Damm, Norwegen. 2000
 

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Fantasy books about hedgehogs:

English:

"Discovering hedgehogs"
Elisabeth ?
Wayland 1985
ISBN: 0-85078-693-2

"Mattie - The story of a hedgehog"
G.D. Griffiths
Transworld Publishers LTD 1967

"Dearest Prickles"
"The story of a delightful hedgehog family"
Walter & Christl Poduschka
Transl. from german by Mary Sworder
Neville Spearman Ltd 1972

"The Happy Hedgehog Band"
Martin Waddell
ISBN: 1-56402-272-2

"Harry the Hedgehog Goes Hunting"
Carol Caruso
ISBN: 0-9640429-1-6

"The Hedgehog & The Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History"
Isaiah Berlin, Isaiah
ISBN: 1-56663-019-3

"Hedgehog Bakes a Cake"
Mary A. Macdonald
ISBN: 0-553-34890-6

"Hedgehog for Breakfast"
Ann Turner
ISBN: 0-02-789241-7

"It's a Queer Bird, the Hedgehog"
Dennis Dixon
ISBN: 1-85821-015-1

"Jim Hedgehog & the Lonesome Tower"
Russell Hoban
ISBN: 0-395-59760-9

"Little Hedgehog Helps Out"
Amye Rosenberg
ISBN: 0-307-12310-3

"Mistress Hedgehog Has an Adventure"
ISBN: 0-517-45737-7

"The Prickly Hedgehog"
Mark Ezra
ISBN: 1566561892

"Prickly Poems"
British Hedgehog Society Staff
ISBN: 0-09-176379-7

"Quill's Adventures in Grozzieland"
John Waddington-Feather, John
ISBN: 1-56261-017-1

"Quill's Adventures in Wasteland"
John Waddington-Feather
ISBN: 1-56261-016-3

"Quill's Adventures in the Great Beyond"
John Waddington-Feather
ISBN: 1-56261-015-5

"Rabbit & Hedgehog"
Paul Borovsky, Paul
ISBN: 0-7868-0051-8 or 0-7868-2039-x

"Riverbank Stories: The Tale of Anabelle Hedgehog"
Stephen R. Lawhead
ISBN: 0-380-72200-3

"The Secret Hedgehog"
Paul Adshead
ISBN: 0-85953-510-x

"The Snuffling Hedgehog"
Jean T. Fredeking
ISBN: 0-317-59264-5

"The Tale of Anabelle Hedgehog"
Stephen R. Lawhead
ISBN: 0-7459-1924-3

"The Winter Hedgehog"
Ann Cartwright
ISBN: 0-02-717775-0


German:

Fiction /stories and fables

Bandini Ditte and Giovanni: Das Igel-Buch. Fabeln, Geschichten... München: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verl., 2001. 
ISBN 3-423-20471-0
 

Children’s books

Bahr, Eckhard Stadtigel Raschelbein. Lindau/B.: Pro Igel e.V., 1996
ISBN 3-9806708-1-3

Buse, Ludger; Meyer, Robert: Igel - Stacheltiere in unserer Nachbarschaft. For children growing up 5 years. Georgsmarienhütte: Ed. Liberación, 2001.
ISBN 3-922792-45-X

Michels, Tilde; Igel komm, ich nehm dich mit. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verl., 1997. 5. ed.
ISBN 3-423-75006-5

Gersmeier, Ria; Dreyer-Engels, Sabine: Igelabenteuer. Berlin: Mann, 1996.
ISBN 3-926740-65-5

Wendt, Irmela: Wo kleine Igel sind. Würzburg: Arena-Verlag , 1996. 10. ed.
ISBN 3-401-02003-X

Hesse, Günter; Schulze, Heinz-Helge: Rina, ein Tag im Leben eines Igels. Berlin: Altberliner Verlag, 1991
ISBN 3-357-00249-3
 


French:

"La vie du Herisson"
Pat Morris & Guy Berthoud
Delachaux & Niestle 1987
 


VARIOUS BOOKS ABOUT HEDGEHOGS
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English

EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HEDGEHOGSby Dilys BreeseMidsummer Books, London, 1998. £ 9,95

THE NATURAL HEDGEHOG by Lenni Sykes & Jane DurrantVerlag Gaia Books Ltd., London,  1995. £ 8.99
 
 

French

LE HERISSON by Guy Berthoud & Marie-Paule Vignault Verlag La Hulotte, 1999 (La Hulotte; No. 77)

LE HERISSON, BOULE DE PIQUANTS by Joelle PichonVerlag Patte a Patte, Milan, 1993
 
 

Netherlands/Dutch

EGELS IN DE TUIN by Monika NeumeierVerl. Tirion, Baarn, NL, 1998. ca. Hfl. 15.-

EGELS ROLLEN ZICH OP by Joelle PichonVerl. Casterman, Niederlande. 1994
 
 

Norwegian

BARNAS BOK OM PIGGSVIN by Beate JohansenVerlag Damm, Norwegen. 2000
 
 

VARIOUS ITEMS
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Various leaflets, books, car stickers, hedgehog toys and other items are available from:
British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS),
Knowbury House,
Knowbury,
Ludlow,
Shropshire SY8 3LQ
UK
Tel/fax: +44 (0)1584 890 287

Collapsible, ready-to-use hedgehog boxes are available from:
Garden Wildlife Products
15 Malvern Buildings
Fairfield Park
Bath BA1 6JX
Avon, UK
Tel: +44 (0)225 443012

Further information on hedgehogs and other mammals from:
Mammal Society Conservation Officer
Zoology Dept
Woodland Road
Bristol
Avon BS8 1UG
UK

Wide range of mammal publications, sales goods and free fact sheets, full time staff to give help and advice:
The Mammal Society
15 Cloisters Business Centre
8 Battersea Park Road
London SW8 4BG
UK
Tel: +44 (0)71 498 4358