Klyde The Kraken Wants a Friend av Brooke Hartman

<p><b><span>? </span><i><span>2024 Nautilus Book Award Winner</span></i><span><br>? </span><i><span>2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Winner </span></i><span><span><br>? </span></span></b><i><span><b>2023 Moonbeam Award Winner (Best Picture Book)</b><br></span></i><b><br>Dive into the hilarious story of a hug-loving kraken who learns that sometimes it's better to keep your tentacles to yourself.<br></b><span><b><br></b>Klyde the kraken loves nothing more than a good hug, but whenever he tries to hug the animals in the ocean, they all swim away. Then one day, the colossal creature's monstrous embrace takes down a pirate ship and the shipwrecked buccaneers surprise Klyde and the reader with a valuable lesson of emotional literacy: While many friends love to hug, some prefer other ways to greet their mateys.<br></span><span><br>Brooke Hartman’s buoyant, cheerful, and sidesplitting verses combine with Laura Borio’s beautifully quirky and charming illustrations to deliver a heart-warming story of social-emotional learning on the high seas.</span></p>