Santa Claws
The Christmas Crab
Published on 16. March 2012
Book
Hardback
30 pages
978-0-7643-3687-4 (ISBN)
Description
An illustrated children's Christmas story set in the Chesapeake Bay, featuring a young blue crab as an unlikely hero
Travel beneath the Chesapeake Bay, where Spud, a feisty young blue crab, hates to nap. Waking his underwater friends, Spud launches a rollicking Christmas Eve party that is interrupted by an unexpected traveler in need of Spud's help.
Can Spud help bring Christmas to the Bay?
Travel beneath the Chesapeake Bay, where Spud, a feisty young blue crab, hates to nap. Waking his underwater friends, Spud launches a rollicking Christmas Eve party that is interrupted by an unexpected traveler in need of Spud's help.
Can Spud help bring Christmas to the Bay?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Atglen
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 0 to 6 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
23 color illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 234 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-3687-4 (9780764336874)
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Persons
Priscilla Cummings has written many favorite books for children that teach a good lesson. Her poetic style and gentle voice relate facts and personalities with a warmth children enjoy night after night. She is the author of the Chadwick the Crab series and ten other picture books, as well as eight middle-grade and young-adult novels. She lives with her family in Annapolis, Maryland. Marcy Dunn Ramsey is a graduate of Emmanuel College, where she received a BA degree. She lives with her family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Ramsey has been painting and drawing all her life, and since beginning her illustration career in 1988, has produced more than 50 books. Ramsey's long experience with children has helped her keep in tune with their likes and dislikes. Her greatest efforts are directed at communicating a sense of humor, excitement, and spontaneity in her work that encourages children to continue their discovery of the magic of reading.