HUGO STARFISH: BOOK GIVEAWAY - CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW

Giveaway: The Last Bully—Hugo the Happy Starfish

By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: January 12, 2011

Enter to win a signed copy of The Last Bully: Hugo the Happy Starfish by Suzy Liebermann.

Hugo, a happy little starfish, teaches readers that happiness begins with respect.

Giveaway begins December 24, 2011, at 12:01 A.M. PST and ends January 21, 2012, at 11:59 P.M. PST.

Reading level: Ages 4-9

Hardcover: 32 pages

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PYP LEARNER PROFILE: EMPATHY - CHARACTER EDUCATION

IB LEARNER PROFILE: EMPATHY

 

Happiness Begins with Sharing
Hugo is a little starfish. He finds his life dull. Tired of feeling sad, one day he sets off to find happiness. After much searching, he discovers something that makes his heart do a somersault! Sharing with others is the only thing that makes him truly happy; all other things just made him feel better for a little while.

Adults strive to teach children to share within their communities. Encouraging children to give teaches them empathy, as well as a sense of social responsibility. Children can feel empowered by giving and sharing with others.

This is a great teaching tool to teach EMPATHY, time and calendar.

MUNDI KIDS BOOK REVIEW - It's a GOOD READ

Book Review: HUGO THE HAPPY STARFISH

Written & Illustrated By Suzy Liebermann
Published by Happy Language Kids LLC

Released on November 1st, 2010

Source- book from author for review

Ages 3 & up

3.5 stars- It's A Good Read

Happiness Begins Within

... a story about self-esteemHugo the Happy Starfish Learns to Love HimselfHugo is a little starfish living in the big green ocean. Every day Hugo smiles and makes other creatures happy—and doing that makes Hugo happy. But one day Hugo stops smiling. He begins to feel small and ugly, convinced that nobody likes him. Hugo decides that he should try to be more like the Magic Manta so that everyone will like him. Join Hugo on his journey as he discovers that being himself is the best way to be—and the only way to be happy.

Hugo's story is a good way to teach kids about having a good self-esteem and to be happy with the way they are. Hugo is a happy star fish who likes making others feel happy, but when he's granted a few wishes he decides he wants to change a few thing he doesn't like about himself. Hugo learns a great lesson and once those changes are made he wishes he could be himself again.

With it's cute, brightly colored pages, Hugo will teach kids to be happy just being themselves. The only compliant I have is I felt the Spanish translation were really random through out the story. I would have loved to see the translations on every page and not just in the middle of some of the sentences or on certain pages. This is a great story that will each kids to have a good self-esteem and like Hugo learned, they too will realize they're special just the way they are.