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  • eBook Edition
    • 978-1-03-912887-3
    • epub, pdf files
  • Paperback Edition
    • 978-1-03-912885-9
    • 8.0 x 10.0 inches
    • Standard Color interior
    • 32 pages
  • Hardcover Edition
    • 978-1-03-912886-6
    • 8.0 x 10.0 inches
    • Standard Color interior
    • 32 pages
  • Keywords
    • Learning to read,
    • dyslexia,
    • trouble reading,
    • joy of reading,
    • reading is fun,
    • don’t want to read,
    • independence

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Hugo Does Not Need To Read
by Jodi Roelands


Hugo doesn’t think he needs to read. He’s sure of it actually. He gets by just fine without it, no matter what his parents say. His mom reads to him all the time anyway, and when she’s not around, he just looks at the pictures. Reading is too confusing, and besides, Hugo is too busy. But when he starts to realize what he’s missing out on, and then has a disastrous mishap with his ice cream, he wonders if he was wrong. Does Hugo need to read after all?

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Jodi Roelands is an entrepreneur and mother, who enjoys reading to her children. Getting them to read on their own however, now that’s a story! This book was inspired by watching her children navigate the sometimes frustrating, often hilarious, and always worthwhile task of learning to read. Jodi lives with her husband, and reads a lot of books to her five children, in Lambton Shores, Ontario, Canada.


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