Chadwick, a Chesapeake Bay crab, yearns for adventure and finds it in a most dangerous form, prompting the birds and marine animals who share the Bay to come to his rescue on the mainland.
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Grade 1-3 A blue crab is depressed because he will soon have to swim to the deeper waters of the Chesapeake Bay to sleep through the winter. His dream of fame, fortune, and adventure is realized when, through a series of mishaps, he becomes a star in the crab exhibit at the Baltimore Aquarium. Chadwick and his friendsOrville the oyster, Matilda the ``fussy old egret,'' Toulouse the goose, Bernie the sea gull, and Esmerelda, Chadwick's crab girlfriendare too cute, too shallow, and too unbelievable to attract readers. Writing is amateurish and silly; the characters are assigned too many human qualities for no apparent reasonthey are extraneous fluff and add nothing to the story. The book is full of impossibilities, even for a fantasyfor instance, how can a crab crawl out of a metal cleaning bucket? Cohen's illustrations, bold and vital, give the story the only life it hasmore than it deserves. Hayden E. Atwood, Cape Elizabeth Middle School , Maine
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Priscilla Cummings is the author of Red Kayak and A Face First, an ALA Notable Book. She spent an academic year attending school with blind students before writing this story of a teenager's wrenching physical and mental journey into blindness. She lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Teaching Tool,
By TAMangan@aol.com (Frederick, Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chadwick the Crab (Hardcover)
You don't have to be from the Cheseapeake Bay area to appreciate Chadwick the Crab and his friends. They are delightful and your kids will never know these books are educational. Yet, they are. The story of Chadwick teaches us about creatures in and around the bay, what they eat, the dangers they face etc. Help bring up environmentally sensitive kids by reading about Chadwick, Toulouse, etc. Oh, and crabs CAN be cuddly!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Connect with the Chesapeake Bay,
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This review is from: Chadwick the Crab (Hardcover)
This book creates a wonderful opportunity to teach children about the Chesapeake Bay and the wildlife that live there. The story surrounds the reader with local images that will be familiar to anyone in the Chesapeake Bay area and give the reader a connection to the story. These images are also popular tourist attractions and could be used in conjunction with a vacation or school trip to the area; educating children about the Baltimore Aquarium or the United State Naval Academy. The story follows Chadwick as he uses the help of his friends to travel away from his home in the Bay to a new home in the Aquarium where he can be a star and avoid the winter hibernation. This story involves a great problem resolution where Chadwick is unhappy but with the help of his friends is able to fulfill his desire of an adventure.
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Follow your dreams- This book is awesome.,
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I love this book and my students loved it too. It's about following your dreams. It's awesome.
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