Sherman Swaps Shells (Flying Foxes)

Ant Parker Jane Clarke

ISBN 10: 0756930421 ISBN 13: 9780756930424

Publisher: Perfection Learning, 2004

Synopsis

fiction story of a hermit crab looking for a shell for her young

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The story of Sherman, the young fashion-conscious hermit crab and his mum, and their ?swapping? trip for a new shell. Luckily, Sherman finds a shell to protect him from the inquisitive visitor to the rock pool who scoops him up for a closer look.

About the Author:

Jane Clarke is the author of Plodney Creeper, Supersloth (Egmont, 'Blue Bananas series', August 2001) as well as numerous poems published in collections such as The Hairy Hamster Hunt and Other Pet Poems collected by Tony Bradman (Macdonald Young Books, 1999). She was shortlisted for the Fidler Award in 1998. Jane trained as an archaeologist and now works as a part-time library assistant at Antwerp International School. She lives in the Netherlands with her husband, two teenage sons, and collection of fossils, rocks and shells. Ant Parker studied visual communications at the Bath Academy of Arts and his first book, Ginger, was published by Julia MacRae. He has illustrated J.J. Rabbit in the 'I Am Reading' series (Kingfisher) as well as a number of successful picture books for young readers, including Dazzling Diggers (Kingfisher) and Charlie the Chicken (Macmillan). He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perfection Learning
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0756930421
• ISBN 13: 9780756930424
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Ant Parker