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Clumsy Crab

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The Clumsy Crab is a great story by Ruth Galloway. This is a story for early readers. This story teaches friendship and that everyone has great abilities.

Nipper the crab doesn't like his crabby claws. They are big and clumsy. He can't play catch the bubble with his friends because his clumsy claws always burst the bubbles. He tried to play tag but he tripped and stumbled. During a game of hide and seek with his friends he was counting and heard Octopus yell for help. He was tangled in seaweed. Nipper used his claws to snip away at the seaweed to rescue his friend.

Charmingly written and colorfully illustrated by Ruth Alloway, Clumsy Crab is the picturebook tale of Nipper, a loveable crab with huge, clumsy claws. No matter what games Nipper plays with his friends, those claws always get in the way! So the friends decide to play hide-and-seek (which is something they can all do together) but Nipper's claws ruin his hiding place! So instead, Nipper looks for his friends while they hid. He finds Turtle and Jellyfish, but there's no sign of Octopus until Nipper sees that Octopus is tangled tight in the weeds. Now it's up to Nipper and his clumsy claws to rescue his friend! Clumsy Crab is a delightfully illustrated story which is ideal for children ages 3 to 7 and would make a popular addition to any family, preschool, elementary school, or community library collection.

I checked this book out of the library not knowing what it was. I read it to my daughter who is 2 and she loved it. We read it at least twice a day before nap and bedtime. She even began to memorize some of the story and would read it with me. Sadly I had to return it to the library (and it was 2 weeks late! We didn't want to take it back!!) I highly recommend this book. I have ordered it and can't wait for it to get here!

My grandson, who just turned five, has had this book for several months and it's one of his very favorites. My daughter reads with enthusiasm and there are several spots in the book where the words are action words like "Pop" and he loves to say them with her and trace on the pictures where the action is going. The pictures are awesomely colorful and fun. The words rhyme and crackle. It's a really cute book and the Clumsy Crab saves the day!

This book has been a snoozer on my child's bookshelf when we got it at a Scholastic book fair. Now I'm not saying that it is a bad book, but it just does not keep my son's (and daughter's) interest for very long. When I get around to reading this book with them I tend to stop in the middle of the book and start making up my own story. One example is where Nipper the Crab is hiding in a big clamshell until his clumsy claws smash it open: revealing himself in a game of hide and seek. It is hard for us to keep engaged with the original story for long so my son tends to come up with a better story. A prime example would be for Nipper to show his friends just how strong he is by smashing the shell open, "Raaaagh! Smash! I'm the most powerful crab ever!" No clumsy hide and seek player he! The pictures of the book do a better job of holding my kid's interest. We go, "There's a jellyfish, have we seen one of those before? I saw one of those at the beach in Galveston. Are they predators? Do they eat meat? Where are the sharks? I want a turtle. etc..." The story is left far behind while my son delves into more important matter of whether the seaweed is actually a monster trying to eat Snapper's friend Octopus. Then, when we are done, the book kicks up its heels, drowsily lounges on the bookshelf and then nods off for several months. The moral to the story seems to be people who are different are OK and things that you see as a weakness could be strength. Not a bad moral but a different reading of the book would be much more interesting. Themes of hiding and discovery, darkness and light, ignorance and revelation, loneliness and communion could all be drawn from this book. Ah, alas....

we had gotten this book from the library and my nephew loved it, and it was cheapest online. But after I actually bought it my nephew doesn't really like to read it anymore.

My 8 month old twin babies LOVE this book! I have to buy the other books in this series so they won't fight over our one copy of Clumsy Crab!

It has bright colors and the book has a soft, cushiony yet very durable cover that can endure tough baby hands and mouths. A nice story, too!

I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ THIS BOOK TO MY GRANDSON, BUT SINCE HE LOVES CRABS AND OTHER SEA LIFE, I KNOW HE'LL ENJOY THIS BOOK~~

I DID LEAF THROUGH IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY FUN BOOK; THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE IMPRESSIVE AND REALISTIC.

I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS TRANSACTION WENT...BOOK DESCRIPTION WAS ACCURATE, AND SHIPPING WAS EXTREMELY QUICK~~