Review: Great childrens' book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 12, 2013
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*I had high hopes for Hugo the Happy Starfish when I heard that it was written in accordance with the IB PYP curriculum. I work with children of all ages, so I'm always looking for new books and experiences to share with them. And to have a series of books designed to teach kids about feelings? Perfect.I enjoyed reading about Hugo's further adventures on his trip. In this book, we learn about empathy, and how words have the power to hurt. I thought it was very well written and illustrated. The book wasn't overly preachy, and I thought that the message was cleverly delivered.The only thing I didn't like was reading this book on my Kindle. The pages and type were very small, and even when I adjusted the reading size to the highest setting, it was still small and hard to read, which can be a problem for young readers or when you're trying to show the pictures to children while reading the story. I found out that apparently, on Amazon, children's books are published in a fixed book format, meaning the text is inside the picture and Amazon does not support an interactive or size changing way of the fixed book format, which makes it more difficult to read children's books on your Kindle device.All in all, I think this is a promising series that I would highly recommend. I will definitely be reading the other books in this series and using this in my classroom.