Kid's Book Blog

By Ruth Galloway

This is a story about one crab's attempts to fit in. Nipper is clumsy and always breaking things. His clumsy claws are always breaking things or getting in the way. He can't play like the other sea creatures. He is sad. But his friends suggest that they play hide and seek--Nipper seeks while they hide. Nipper finds everyone but during the game Octopus gets caught in some seaweed and is panicing. Nipper uses his claws to free Octopus from the tangle of seaweed.

Children often feel like they are different from everyone else. Even though this is nearly a universal feeling, children like to hear stories that indicate that their differences are useful and good. Nipper is the perfect story for this.

The pictures are bright and happy and really great. The detail in the pictures really helps the story and keeps the reader interested. I wanted to see what was going to be on the next page.

This is a super cute story with great illistrations and fits in perfectly with our summer reading program theme, "Make A Splash!" Our summer reading program may not start until June 7th, but you can read this book anytime!