Balzer + Bray Waffles and Julius: No Hugs Please!
Balzer + Bray Waffles and Julius: No Hugs Please!

Waffles and Julius: No Hugs Please!

By Ed Vere

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Publication Date: June 2, 2026

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Ages 4 to 8

Meet Waffles and Julius, a new grumpy/sunshine duo who will steal your heart–from Ed Vere, the bestselling creator of Max the Brave and How to Be a Lion.

Waffles really, really loves hugs.
Julius does not.

Waffles would very much like to hug his friend Julius. Julius, however, prefers other things: most notably, cat-naps. But definitely not hugs.

Waffles will wait until Julius is ready. It won't be so hard...will it?
(Yes...it will.)

This funny story is about respecting one another’s differences—and the beautiful friendships that can blossom when we do.

About the Author


Ed Vere
is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling writer and illustrator of books such as The Artist, Max the Brave (a New York Times bestseller and one of The Sunday Times’s “100 Modern Children’s Classics”), and How to be a Lion (winner of 2019’s Oscar’s Book Prize). Ed lives outside of London. Learn more about him at ed-vere.format.com.

Format: Hardcover Picture Book

Pages: 32

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Publication Date: June 2, 2026

ISBN: 9781250439673

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