Klyde the Kraken Wants a Friend

★ 2025 Northern Lights Book Award Winner★ 2024 Nautilus Book Award Winner★ 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Winner★ 2023 Moonbeam Award Winner (Picture Book) Dive into the hilarious story of a hug-loving kraken who learns that sometimes it's better to keep your tentacles to yourself. “A delightful readaloud book with adorable pictures that teaches readers that some people don't like hugs, so it's nice to ask first!”— Kate Storhoff, BookmarksKlyde 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 with a valuable lesson of emotional literacy: While many friends love to hug, others prefer different ways to greet their mateys. Alaskan author Brooke Hartman’s buoyant, cheerful, and sidesplitting verses combine with Italian illustrator Laura Borio’s beautifully quirky and charming illustr