Don't Worry, Little Crab

From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan and Goodnight Everyone comes a bold new picture book about building up the courage to try something new.

In the rockpool above the sea, live two crabs: Big Crab and Little Crab. Today, they're going for a dip in the sea. “This is going to be so great!” says Little Crab. But then Little Crab catches a first glimpse of the water... Oh. The waves! They're ENORMOUS. "JEEPERS!" Will Little Crab be brave enough to go in?

Short-listed for Academy of British Cover Design Award 2020 (UK) Short-listed for Bishop’s Stortford College Picture Book Award 2020 (UK) Short-listed for CBI Children’s Book of the Year 2019 (Ireland) Short-listed for Foyles Children’s and YA Book of the Year 2019 (UK) Short-listed for Parents’ Choice Award 2020 (United States) Short-listed for Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year 2019 (UK)

It’s a gorgeous, wry and heart-warming “you-can-do-anything” picture book. -- Imogen Russell Williams The Guardian
Haughton uses a distinct and refined colour palette, against which the crabs’ large eyes pop in perpetual surprise. It is a visual treat that also doubles as an accessible parable about anxiety. -- Sara Keating The Irish Times
Haughton’s distinctive bold artwork offers a fresh, contemporary take on themes of independence and building courage The Bookseller, Children’s Previews
Magical underwater revelment with a sprinkle of seashore style. The Booksniffer
A charming tale for young children about being brave. The Irish Independent, Children’s Books of the Year

Chris Haughton is an Irish designer and illustrator. His debut picture book, A Bit Lost, is published into 21 different languages worldwide and has won 13 awards in nine countries, including the Dutch Picture Book of the Year and CBI Book of the Year. His second title, Oh No, George! won the Junior Design Award and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. His third picture book, Shh! We Have a Plan, won the Specsavers Irish Children's Book of the Year Junior Award 2014 as well as the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award in the US. He lives in East London. and on X as @chrishaughton.

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