Review: Clumsy Crab

Clumsy Crab 

Written and Illustrated by Ruth Galloway

Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Koala Books
ISBN: 0-86461-515-9

Summary/Back cover:

Nipper hates his huge clumsy claws.  They're no use at all - they just get in the way.  He'd much rather have tickly tentacles like Octopus and Jellyfish or flippety fins like Turtle and the fish.  But one day when he's playing with his friends, Nipper finds his claws are very useful after all.

A gorgeous, bright book that tells the story of Nipper the crab who hates his claws but when he and his claws are the only ones that can help save one of his friends, he comes to appreciate his claws. 

The lovely moral of  'everyone has a special something', woven into this story, makes it a great story-time book for older children and the brightly coloured illustrations and flowing narrative along with the punches of onomatopoeia keep the little ones interested too.

Rating: 4/5

Review written by QTCass