Kickstarter Anti-Bullying Project in Need of Support

IMAGINE HAPPINESS CAN BE LEARNED®

Suzy Liebermann is launching a Kickstarter campaign to turn her successful ebook series into a more accessible vehicle to help reach children of all backgrounds.

Bullying is a major issue in schools and it's up to us as teachers and parents to teach our children the harm they can cause if they contribute to it.

The Last Bully shows children that if they all stand up against bullying, together, they can make a positive impact. The Last Bully is the perfect book to help discuss bullying with your children.

Schools, parents and teachers are asking for the entire series in print. A successful Kickstarter campaign would supply the funding to print and make the best product available to students, teachers and parents.

Believing that happiness can be learned award-winning children’s book author and illustrator SUZY LIEBERMANN has written an exiting series of educational children's books to help educate children about their feelings, their attitudes, their choices, and the consequences that follow.

After completion of the project and publication as ebooks, Suzy Liebermann is striving to turn her book series into a printed success in order to serve the many requests from teachers, students, parents and libraries.
Each book, printed in vivid colors, will include a coloring/ workbook.
Her main character Hugo the Happy Starfish is much loved and adored by her audience.

“Suzy Liebermann’s Books Educate, Inspire, and Invoke Creativity in Kids …”
by Amberr Meadows | Mar 3, 2014 | Books & Book Reviews 
Hugo the Happy Starfish’s adventures are fun-filled, educational escapades my daughter enjoyed tremendously … the gorgeous illustrations will help captivate even very young audiences.

Join Suzy and Hugo in their adventure to make this funding campaign successful. Great thank you rewards are waiting for you!
Thank you so much for your support!

www.Kickstarter.com/profile/SuzyLiebermann

www.SuzyLiebermann.com

The Last Bully - Review

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book for Kids on Bullying, July 19, 2013

By 

Amy D - See all my reviews

This review is from: THE LAST BULLY (HUGO THE HAPPY STARFISH - An Inspiring Sea Adventure for Young Children) (Kindle Edition)

We recently received a copy of The Last Bully, and I think it is a great book. It really has opened up my kids' eyes to the effects bullying has on one's feelings. It also had nice, bright illustrations. I recommend this everyone who has little ones!

The book is also available in Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese.

Thank you Amy!

www.MyStarfish.org

REVIEW - THE LAST BULLY

Hugo The Happy Starfish: The Last Bully –

Book Review One of my favorite ways to instill morals, and values into my children is to read them books that contain life lessons. Books that start out with a problem, but end in a solution are wonderful for little learners to grasp concepts. 

The Hugo The Happy Starfish series does a great job at teaching kids right from wrong. I am so thankful to add their latest book,  The Last Bully to my vast collection of children’s books. The Hugo The Happy Starfish series of books are written by Suzy Liebermann. They are a brightly illustrated , well written collection of books that also teach children Spanish. They feature Hugo, a red starfish that learns life lessons with the help of his “under the sea” creature friends. Each book features a valuable lesson for kids on topics like empathy, bullying, feelings, and more. 

My daughter will be returning to school this September, so I thought it would be great to have her learn how bullying impacts a someone’s life. While her little sister, and her fight,  have to say, they never bully each other. However, it is good to teach them about this troubling epidemic at a young age so that they can learn how to positively cope with it if the need arises. 

In The Last Bully, Hugo experiences several sea creature friends being bullied. He decides to start the ABC-”Anti-Bullying-Club” to help his fellow neighbors combat bullying. It is comical that every bully always thinks they are the best, and biggest until the next comes around. This happens in real life all too often. Thankfully, at the end of the story all the bullied sea creatures banned together to combat bullying, and they won. 

I think this book has helped teach my children that there are power in numbers, and that if enough people ban together to stop bullying something positive can be done. It has also taught them that making fun of someone really hurts their feelings, and that no one is perfect. 

As a parent I can appreciate how forgiving Hugo was in allowing each reformed bully to enter the ABC Club-that is exactly how I would want my kids to act. 

If you’d like to learn more about the Hugo The Happy Starfish series of books, I suggest “liking” them on Facebook - See more at: http://savvysavingcouple.net/2013/07/16/hugo-the-happy-starfish-the-last-bully-book-review/#sthash.Y13iHtJi.dpuf

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT!

free kindle books SATURDAY MAY 4, 2013

FREE KINDLE BOOKS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON 

SATURDAY MAY 4 2013

Please tweet it over the mountains and the seas, 

 share it with your friends, families and trees ;)

Let everybody know and see,

today Hugo's books are free!

Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm for our books!

Best wishes, Suzy L.

www.MyStarfish.org

THE LAST BULLY 

(Hugo the Happy Starfish)

EL SECRETO DE LA FELICIDAD 

(Hugo the Happy Starfish/ Spanish) 

CINDERELLA 

(Happy Language Kids/ bilingual children's books/ English/Spanish) 

Phillippi Shores IB School - Sarasota - Author Visit

Thank you so much Phillippi Shores IB School in Sarasota for inviting us to an incredible AUTHOR VISIT!

We hope you enjoyed the visit as much as we did!
We enjoyed the AUTHOR VISIT tremendously!

You are the best! You know your IB ATTITUDES and PROFILES so well, you are incredibly well behaved and delightfully polite and caring. It was a pleasure to come to your school and work with you.
Thank you students, teachers, staff and PTA for having us!


On our way home from Sarasota we ran into the exhibit of EmbracingOurDifferences.org in one of the wonderful waterfront parks of Sarasota. 


CONGRATULATIONS ON PARTICIPATING in such a great project AND WINNING A PRICE Phillippi Shores Elementary!

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Have a great rest of your school year and enjoy the summer vacation!

Best wishes,


Hugo the Happy Starfish & Suzy L.

RESPECT! Don't bully! - THE LAST BULLY

We found this little story on the internet and felt we would like to repost.

Life's too short to make it negative for yourself and others.

 

Therefore:

 

RESPECT! Don't bully!

What goes around comes around AND there is always a bigger fish in the ocean!

 

 

 

A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take out a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up, not to rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty it was. She then told them to tell it they're sorry. Now, even though they sai...d they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens someone bullies another, they may say they're sorry, but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home. Copy and paste this if you are against bullying.

PYP LEARNER PROFILE: RESPECT - CHARACTER EDUCATION

IB LEARNER PROFILE: RESPECT

RESPECT! DON'T BULLY!

SAY NO TO BULLYING!

Happiness Begins With Respect
Hugo is a little starfish and so it's not surprising that in this story he comes across several bigger fish in the ocean. Sadly, they are bigger fish with the wrong attitudes – they're bullies! After seeing his friend getting bullied, Hugo decides enough is enough. He forms the Anti-Bully Club and teaches the bullies a valuable lesson about respect.

By working together as a group, Hugo and his friends manage to show the bullies that there's always a bigger fish in the sea and that happiness comes from respecting others, not bullying them.
‘THE LAST BULLY’ is a confidence-boosting book for children, showing them that being different is OK and the best way to deal with bullies is to tell someone about it.
This tale is a great way to deal with one of the biggest issues around.

THE LAST BULLY - Hugo the Happy Starfish

PRE-RELEASE INFO

WE  PROUDLY PRESENT

HUGO THE HAPPY STARFISH

THE LAST BULLY

Happiness Begins With Respect

Hugo is a little starfish and so it is not surprising that in this story he comes across several bigger fish in the ocean. Sadly, they are bigger fish with the wrong attitude – they’re bullies! After seeing his friend getting bullied, Hugo decides that enough is enough. He forms the Anti-Bully Club and teaches the bullies a valuable lesson about respect.

By working together as a group, Hugo and his friends manage to show the bullies that there’s always a bigger fish in the ocean and that happiness comes from respecting others, not bullying them.

THE LAST BULLY is a confidence-boosting book for children, showing them that being different is OK and the best way to deal with bullies is to tell someone about it.

This tale demonstrates how to deal with one of the biggest issues we face in today’s world.

THE BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN NOVEMBER 

DURING THE MIAMI BOOK INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR

Pre-release orders can be sent to SL@HappyHugo.com.