Hector Welcomes You!
Hector the Hedgehog is a children's book series about growing hearts and growing up — one character, one lesson, one story at a time.
Before Hector Had a Forest
More than thirty years ago, my mother told me a story about a small hedgehog who noticed the good in things, even on the hard days. It was just for me, back then — a bedtime story, nothing more.
That story became Hector. Today it's grown into a whole forest of books, each one built around a single lesson kids carry with them long after the story ends. It still feels like the same story my mother told me. It just has more friends now.
- Travis Mcdouglas (Author & Creator)
Current Spotlight
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![Hector and the Slammed Door]()
Hector and the Slammed Door
A gentle, honest story for any child learning that trust takes time — and that a slammed door can always be opened again.
$11.99
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![Hector Finds A Bed]()
Hector Finds a Bed
The very first Hector tale, first told as a bedtime story decades ago and now shared with children everywhere.
$11.99
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![Hector Gets a New Family]()
Hector Gets a New Family
A gentle story about belonging, for every child who has ever had to start over — and every family built by choice instead of chance.
$11.99
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![Hector's Shoes]()
Hector's Shoes
A warm, joyful story about gratitude — about finding something ordinary and loving it without holding back.
$11.99
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![Hector Room For One More]()
Hector Room For One More
A gentle story about adoption, belonging, and the truth every child deserves to hear: love doesn't run out when a family grows. It just gets bigger.
$11.99
Why Hector?
Every child is going to face a moment that calls for courage, or honesty, or patience with someone who's hard to be patient with — and picture books are one of the earliest places kids learn what those traits actually look like in practice. The Hector the Hedgehog series was built around that idea: each story takes on a single character trait — kindness, honesty, belonging, patience — through one small hedgehog's very relatable mishaps, so parents have something to hand a child before the hard moment, not just after.
Meet the Forest
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![Hector the Hedgehog]()
Hector the Hedgehog
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![Susie the Squirrel]()
Susie the Squirrel
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![Sam the Snail]()
Sam the Snail
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![Bruno the Bear]()
Bruno the Bear
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![Mindy the Mouse]()
Mindy the Mouse
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![Sophie the Spider]()
Sophie the Spider
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![Sullivan the Skunk]()
Sullivan the Skunk
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![Milly the Moose]()
Milly the Moose
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![Gloria the Gnome]()
Gloria the Gnome
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![Rupert the Rabbit]()
Rupert the Rabbit
