The tiny hermit crab loves his new shell. He doesn't want to share it -- not with a blobby purple anenome and a tickly bristleworm. But life in the rock pool proves tougher than Crab thinks, and soon he finds he needs his new housemates in this rollicking story of sea, shells and friendship.
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Julia Donaldson is the UK's most successful picture book author, whose titles include the acknowledged modern classic, The Gruffalo, together with Room On The Broom, The Smartest Giant In Town and The Snail And The Whale, all illustrated by Axel Scheffler. This is her first picture book with Lydia Monks. Julia is also much in demand for her brilliant events for children at schools, libraries and literary festivals. Lydia Monks is one of the UK's most original picture book artists, whose brilliantly coloured collage images have given her a strong following. Her previous books for Macmillan include Esmerelda by Karen Wallace, and Queen Munch And Queen Nibble and The Skipping-Rope Snake, both by Carol Ann Duffy.
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Julia Donaldson is the author of many successful books for children, including the classic THE GRUFFALO, which has won the Smarties Prize and the Blue Peter Award for the Best Book to Read Aloud. THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD was one of the biggest best-sellers of 2004 and won WHS Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Julia has also written many children's plays and songs, and runs regular storytelling and drama workshops. She lives in Glasgow with her family.
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A glittery experience,
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This review is from: Sharing a Shell (Paperback)
This is one of those books that you see in the bookstore and think...mmmm - "a bit gimmicky". It even comes with a sticker that states "there's glitter on every page". Now this is a sure-fire way to catch your little one's attention but in my experience this type of book is not destined to become a classic in children's literature. Having said that however, I reluctantly bought this book as my two year old appeared to have fallen in love with it. It turns out that my almost five year old son LOVES it. It's a very tactile experience reading it and the pictures are lovely (same illustrator as Aaaaaaargh! Spider!). You just can't help running your hands over all the glittery pictures. The text is nothing to write home about but the rhymes slip off the tongue easily enough.
It tells the tale of a little hermit crab who is none too pleased about sharing his shell with an anenome and a bristle worm. This storyline has of course been churned out many times before but it still provides a good opportunity to discuss the concepts of sharing and symbiotic/commensal relationships etc. with your child. As long as you don't expect anything too original, this book makes a nice little addition to any child's library (particularly for a girl who will no doubt love the glitter which IS very well done).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Julia Donaldson is a God when it comes to children's books!,
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I miss the Axel Scheffer illustrations of the others, but this is a first class, well told, beautifully rhyming tale with a great message about sharing, and the sparkly illustrations are fun too. Amazing how the characters, especially "brush", can shine through so vividly in such a simple tail
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Bright book, nice message, colourful illustrations and lovely rhyme,
This review is from: Sharing a Shell (Paperback)
Julia Donaldson does lovely, quirky rhymes, and this is one of the nicest ones, Illustrated ably by Lydia Monks, it is one of the 'glitter on every page' books - but will be suitable for girls and boys
The story of a hermit crab who is looking for a home and quickly manages to escape from a gull despite being tossed out of other shells. He learns to share with an anemone who sits on the outside of the shell and helps protect the crab from other animals, and then they share with a bristleworm who cleans. However - as they grow too big they argue and move out together. Finally a storm comes and destroys their separate homes, however there is a lovely new shell and they all learn to share again. Done in Donaldson's wonderful rhyming cadence, it is easy for children to quickly learn the text and repeat it with you, or in parts. The illustrations were quite inspiring for my girls who went off and cut out shapes themselves to do a multimedia collage like Lydia monks does. A Lovely engaging story for all the family with a nice line in humour.
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