Let's Play, Crabby! (Crabby Book Series #2)

by Jonathan Fenske, Jonathan Fenske (Illustrator)

Overview

The second book in Geisel Award Honoree Jonathan Fenske's hilarious underwater early reader series!

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow! Plankton wants Crabby to play a game. Plankton tries to get Crabby to play Simon Says, Tag, and Hide-and-Seek. But Crabby does NOT want to play with Plankton. Will Plankton give up? Or will Crabby finally play along? With comic speech bubbles and full-color artwork throughout, Geisel Award Honoree Jonathan Fenske's early reader series is sure to be a hit with new readers!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338281552
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Series:	Crabby Book Series , #2
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	223,728
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	290L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

JONATHAN FENSKE is the author and illustrator of the leveled readers Woodward and McTwee, Love Is in the Air, Guppy Up!, A Pig, a Fox, and a Box, which was a 2016 Geisel Honor book, and the Acorn Crabby series. He is also the author of several picture books, including Barnacle Is Bored and its follow-up, Plankton Is Pushy. Jonathan lives in South Carolina with his family.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Let's Play, Crabby! (A Crabby Book #2):"Appropriately repetitive dialogue-only text, uncluttered backgrounds, and a small trim size help new readers make the transition to longer books. Throughout, Crabby and Plankton remain true to their personas. Crabby is grumpy but polite-not actively mean. The persistent Plankton, though increasingly exasperated, is ultimately patient. Neither abandons civility and courtesy just because they have different interests or styles. Crabby and Plankton's attempts at understanding and friendship provide good examples for beginning readers." —- Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Hello, Crabby! (A Crabby Book #1):"Crabby's persistent grumpiness and the patient plankton's exasperation are shown clearly in their expressive eyes and mouths as well as their dialogue. Pages broken into colorful panels and color-coded speech bubbles help beginning readers focus on the words...So silly it's unlikely to make new readers crabby." — Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Barnacle Is Bored:"This playful book addresses the universal problem of feeling bored while everyone else appears to be having a great time ... Barnacle's round eyes and expressive eyebrows create endearing and silly expressions." — School Library Journal"In a mischievous skit of a story, Geisel Award Honoree Fenske (A Pig, a Fox, and a Box) introduces a dyspeptic barnacle for whom the sea grass is always greener-until it isn't ... From narration that consists entirely of Barnacle's mopey monologue to a dockside environment defined by creamy blue water, a bit of sand, and a couple planks, Fenske keeps it simple, deploying his closing jokes with confident comic timing." — Publishers Weekly"What better protagonist could there be to illustrate boredom than a sedentary barnacle? ... This tale where 'the seaweed is always greener' is an entertaining antidote to boredom." — Booklist

From the Publisher

2019-04-28
The grumpy crab and cheerful plankton are back for another four chapters of miscommunication following series opener Hello, Crabby! (2019).

Once again, Crabby just wants a day at the beach: "The wind in my face. / The spray in my eyes. / The kelp in my claws. / It is enough to make a crab crabby." Sociable Plankton tries to get Crabby to play familiar childhood games: guess who, Simon says, hide-and-seek, and tag. In each short chapter, Crabby and Plankton's repartee, loaded with double meanings, leads to misunderstandings that new readers will easily understand. For example, when Plankton proclaims, "YAY! We can play Simon Says!" Crabby replies, "Who is Simon?" Finally they agree to play Crabby says. Of course, Crabby's first command is "Crabby says— / stop playing Crabby Says!" Color-coded speech bubbles make following their arguments easy. Appropriately repetitive dialogue-only text, uncluttered backgrounds, and a small trim size help new readers make the transition to longer books. Throughout, Crabby and Plankton remain true to their personas. Crabby is grumpy but polite—not actively mean. The persistent Plankton, though increasingly exasperated, is ultimately patient. Neither abandons civility and courtesy just because they have different interests or styles.

Crabby's and Plankton's attempts at understanding and friendship provide good examples for beginning readers. (Graphic early reader. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews