Crabs

Amazing Animals

by Valerie Bodden

A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of crabs, the widespread shelled crustaceans. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why crabs look as though they are headless.

Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books, Animals

24 pages, ebook

Published December 1, 2017

About the author

Valerie Bodden writes children's nonfiction as well as Christian romance (under the name Valerie M. Bodden--visit the Goodreads page for her Christian romance at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...).

She is the author of more than 300 children's books. Her books have received critical acclaim from Booklist, Children's Literature, ForeWord Magazine, Horn Book Guide, VOYA, and School Library Journal.

Valerie lives in Wisconsin with her husband, four children, one dog, two cats, a growing collection of fish, and miscellaneous bugs that her children have "rescued" from the outdoors. She spends most of her time writing or wrangling children and animals

Find her online at www.valeriembodden.com (Christian fiction), www.valeriebodden.com (children’s nonfiction), or www.vbeditorial.com (editing services).

Reviews

[Ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great information, vivid photos of a variety of crab species. Some informational text features including captions and vocabulary words with definitions. Easy read-to-self and short enough/interesting enough for read aloud.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great photos and good information. We especially enjoyed the story at the end.

[Ad Astra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty heckin sweet book on crabs.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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