A Crabby Book

Jonathan Fenske

A Crabby Book

Hello,

Jonathan Fenske

For Pendy, who still laughs at my dad jokes. Copyright © 2019 by Jonathan Fenske All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC, ACORN, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Fenske, Jonathan, author. Title: Hello, Crabby! / by Jonathan Fenske. Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2019. | Series: Crabby | Summary: Crabby is not a happy crab, in fact Crabby is quite crabby, so pushy Plankton, who is always trying to cheer up fellow marine creatures, bakes Crabby a cake—but will Crabby finally smile? Identifiers: LCCN 2018033264| ISBN 9789352757435 (pbk) | ISBN 9781338281514 (hardcover) Subjects: LCSH: Crabs—Juvenile fiction. | Plankton—Juvenile fiction. | Cake—Juvenile fiction. | Cheerfulness—Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Crabs—Fiction. | Plankton—Fiction. | Cake—Fiction. | Cheerfulness—Fiction. | Humorous stories. | LCGFT: Humorous fiction. | Picture books. Classification: LCC PZ7.F34843 He 2019 | DDC [E]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018033264 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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First edition, May 2019 Edited by Katie Carella Book design by Marissa Asuncion

THE BEACH

Today is just another day at the beach.

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The sun in my eyes.

The salt in my teeth.

The sand in my shell.

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It is enough to make a crab crabby.

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Hmmm. What exciting thing can I do today?

I can dig a hole.

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I can watch the ocean fill it up.

I can dig a hole again.

I can scuttle to the dunes.

I can scuttle to the water.

I can sit right here.

Wow. So many choices.

Well, it looks like today is a scuttle-to-the-water day.

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Ugh. There is that boring Barnacle.

He is always hanging around. 7

Hey! Crabby!

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Hi, Barnacle.

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Wave!

No!

Wave! 10

I said “Hi.” Isn’t that good enough?

Did you ever stop to think that maybe I don’t want to—

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wave?

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Illustrated early readers that plant a love of reading!

Crabby is a very crabby crab. Plankton wants to cheer Crabby up. Plankton tells Crabby a joke. Plankton bakes Crabby a cake. Will Crabby ever crack a smile?

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