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A Shell for Cleo
Join Cleo in this entertaining rhyming story as she makes an amazing discovery about hermit crabs and learns how plastic pollution affects sea creatures
Cleo Crab is in a bad mood. Her shell is too tight and she needs a new one. Together with her father, she sets off to find the perfect shell. But in her impatience, she makes a terrible mistake. Will help arrive in time to rescue Cleo? .
Cleo Crab is in a bad mood. Her shell is too tight and she needs a new one. Together with her father, she sets off to find the perfect shell. But in her impatience, she makes a terrible mistake. Will help arrive in time to rescue Cleo? .
36 pages, Hardcover
Published September 26, 2023
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April 23, 2023
“For the parents trying to help disentangle their children from a thousand snares…” reads the dedication in this beautiful new picture book from @marshallcavendish ❤️
“Cleo Crab was feeling glum.
Her shell was tight around her bum.”
What happens now? Dad takes Cleo to find a “perfect shell” and here’s how we follow the fascinating story of how hermit crabs get in an orderly line BY SIZE (just like in real life) to swap shells!
I LOVE the art so much in this tale, by illustrator John Lim who does marine creatures so well in strong colours.
Cleo doesn’t want to wait in line and wanders off, finding herself stuck in some ocean trash…
“In the muddled messy plastic
(Which, at first, had looked fantastic),
Was a range of other creatures,
Trash and strings wound round their features.”
We can guess who saves the day, with those clickety-clack pincer claws 🐚 🦀 and indeed, we finally do find “A Shell for Cleo” ❤️
Lovely way to appreciate our ocean wonders, and a practical lesson on our impact on plastic waste. I recommend this especially for read-aloud time with your young reader, and you can follow with real life images of these shell swaps. Much fodder for discussion!
“Cleo Crab was feeling glum.
Her shell was tight around her bum.”
What happens now? Dad takes Cleo to find a “perfect shell” and here’s how we follow the fascinating story of how hermit crabs get in an orderly line BY SIZE (just like in real life) to swap shells!
I LOVE the art so much in this tale, by illustrator John Lim who does marine creatures so well in strong colours.
Cleo doesn’t want to wait in line and wanders off, finding herself stuck in some ocean trash…
“In the muddled messy plastic
(Which, at first, had looked fantastic),
Was a range of other creatures,
Trash and strings wound round their features.”
We can guess who saves the day, with those clickety-clack pincer claws 🐚 🦀 and indeed, we finally do find “A Shell for Cleo” ❤️
Lovely way to appreciate our ocean wonders, and a practical lesson on our impact on plastic waste. I recommend this especially for read-aloud time with your young reader, and you can follow with real life images of these shell swaps. Much fodder for discussion!
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