The Adventures of Azuki the Miniature Hedgehog, Shuichi Tsonoda

Azuki, the miniature hedgehog, smaller than a human hand, but with serious social media cred, has been featured on Bored Panda and Time magazine''s website. New York magazine has called him ''the only pure thing left in this world'', while in the UK he has appeared in the pages of the Independent and the Sun. He also has thousands of fans in Australia and New Zealand.

Riding on the popularity of everyone''s favourite Insta-famous miniature hedgehog (400,000 followers on Instagram and counting), this adorable illustrated book stands out as a gem of originality among the glut of dog and cat books. In the spirit of Tiny Dog and Tiny Cat, The Adventures of Azuki the Miniature Hedgehog features photographs of Azuki as on his Instagram account where he appears in a mini-sized wilderness setting, building a fire, hanging in a hedgehog-sized tent (specially made by camping supplier Coleman Japan) or grilling some snacks. ''In Japan, hedgehogs are thought to be a type of rat, and generally don''t have a good image,''.