Don't Worry, Little Crab

Description

From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan and Goodnight Everyone comes a bold new picture book about building up the courage to try something new. In the rockpool above the sea, live two crabs: Big Crab and Little Crab. Today, they're going for a dip in the sea. "This is going to be so great!" says Little Crab. But then Little Crab catches a first glimpse of the water... Oh. The waves! They're ENORMOUS. "JEEPERS!" Will Little Crab be brave enough to go in?

Chris Haughton is an Irish designer and illustrator. His debut picture book, A Bit Lost, is published into 21 different languages worldwide and has won 13 awards in nine countries, including the CBI Book of the Year. His second title, Oh No, George! won the Junior Design Award. His third picture book, Shh! We Have a Plan, won the Specsavers Irish Children's Book of the Year Junior Award 2014 as well as the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award. His most recent title is Goodnight Everyone. He lives in London. Find Chris online at chrishaughton.com, on Twitter as @chrishaughton and on Instagram as @chrishaughton.

It's a gorgeous, wry and heart-warming "you-can-do-anything" picture book. -- Imogen Russell Williams * The Guardian * Haughton uses a distinct and refined colour palette, against which the crabs' large eyes pop in perpetual surprise. It is a visual treat that also doubles as an accessible parable about anxiety. -- Sara Keating * The Irish Times * Haughton's distinctive bold artwork offers a fresh, contemporary take on themes of independence and building courage * The Bookseller, Children's Previews * Magical underwater revelment with a sprinkle of seashore style. * The Booksniffer * A charming tale for young children about being brave. * The Irish Independent, Children's Books of the Year *