**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.