Book Spotlight: Hugo the Happy Starfish Wants to be Different
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Hugo the Happy Starfish Wants to be Different
Written by Suzy Liebermann
Ages 4-8 | 32 Pages
Publisher: HAPPY LANGUAGE KIDS LLC | ISBN-13: 978-1935997009
What to Expect: Ocean Animals, Oceans, and Self-Discovery
Hugo 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.
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About the Author
A native of Germany and former resident of the Dominican Republic, Mexico, the Islands of the Bahamas and Switzerland,—now living in South Florida, USA—has traveled the world in pursuit of language, art, and culture. Having found it, she now shares it with the world’s teachers, parents, and children through educational literature. Leveraging her decades of global experience teaching in German, Spanish, French, and English with a degree in foreign language translation and a master’s degree in business and international business, she launched Happy Language Kids LLC in 2010 as an interactive language learning program for children and their young-at-heart elders. This program is particularly aligned with the aims and values she upheld as a teacher of cultural art and foreign language at a prestigious International Baccalaureate World School.