Does A Fiddler Crab Fiddle? [Hardcover]

Does A Fiddler Crab Fiddle?No! But fiddler crabs sure do some amazing things!

Starting with silly questions like the title, and moving on through increasingly-unlikely questions such as “do fiddler crabs ride a skateboard?,” and “do fiddler crabs eat pizza?,” children discover what fiddler crabs do. They don’t need a skateboard – they can move sideways so shore birds can’t catch them. They may not enjoy pizza, but they gobble up saltmarsh muck.

Using this question-and-answer format engages children immediately, and discovering just what fiddler crabs actually do satisfies their curiosity. This is the best kind of nonfiction – engaging, fun, and filled with the kinds of details that kids love.

Co-authored by award-winning writerCorinne Demasand her science-savvy daughter,Artemis Roehrig, and illustrated byJohn Sandford,Does A Fiddler Crab Fiddle?will have everyone claw clapping loudly for fiddler crabs!

With it’s author’s note providing more information,Does A Fiddler Crab Fiddle?is an outstanding nonfiction picture book for children ages 4-8.

Corinne Demasis the award-winning author of thirty books for kids and adults, including the picture booksThe Disappearing Island,Saying Goodbye to Lulu, andThe Littlest Matryoshka, and the recent YA novel,Returning to Shore. She is a professor at Mount Holyoke College and lives part of the year on Cape Cod, a great place for observing fiddler crabs. Corinne has a dog and two donkeys. Visit her website, corinnedemas.com

Artemis Roehrigreceived her master’s degree from the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology program at the University of Massachusetts. She first became interested in fiddler crabs when she worked at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Artemis lives in western Massachusetts and loves to explore nature with her two chill£Ý