Klyde the Kraken Wants a Friend

by Brooke Hartman (Author) Laura Borio (Illustrator)

Klyde the Kraken Wants a Friend
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Dive into the hilarious story of a hug-loving kraken who learns that sometimes it's better to keep your tentacles to yourself.

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.

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.

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Brooke Hartman
Brooke Hartman is an award-winning author of children's books, including The Littlest Airplane and Dream Flights on Arctic Nights. As the daughter of a former tour guide trainer for the Alaska Railroad and sister of an Alaska Railroad lineman, she has spent many a day, night, and weekend riding the rails, viewing spectacular scenery and spotting countless wildlife--though so far the only wildlife to join her on the ride are members of her own family. She lives in Chugiak, Alaska. Visit her at brookeahartman.com.
John Joseph is an artist, illustrator, elementary school art teacher, and community leader. He has won the ACP Excellence inPublishing Award for Best Picture book and has illustrated for several children's books, including The Littlest Airplane andChickens on the Loose. He lives in Colorado with his wife, two sons, and a German Shepherd.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781948931427
Lexile Measure
720
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Hazy Dell Press
Publication date
April 25, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV001020 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Pirates
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
JUV022030 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, & Fables | Norse
Library of Congress categories
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