Daniel Kaye

Basically this whole book, short in length, contains cheerful humor with common human traits applied to the hermit crabs.
The art, though simple in form, has enjoyable subtleties. Its broad strokes are enjoyably supplemented by bright watercolor fill.
I've spent great 30 minutes with Never Underestimate a Hermit Crab and am looking forward to a new compilation by Daniel Sean Kaye.

A really fun children's book with extremely cute illustrations that looks into the illusive life of the hermit crab.

"Now you might think that hermit crabs just sit in their shells, ignoring the world, not doing much of anything."

You'd be wrong, read Never Underestimate a Hermit Crab with your kids and see that these quiet, seemingly shy animals are just waiting to bust out of their shells with creativity and imagination. A great story for your own introspective child or anyone interested in show more caring for a hermit crab. There are even hermit crab care tips at the end.

This book was received for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. show less

The artwork in this children's story about hermit crabs is really adorable, I'd almost want to buy the book just for the cute little crab illustrations. However, while the text is meant for a young audience, I couldn't see myself reading this with a child. The pictures would entertain them, but while the text is silly to go along with the silly illustrations of crabs in space and impersonating Elvis and the like, it just wasn't engaging. I'd almost rather not have the text at all and have show more the child come up with what they think is going on & why. show less

(This has also been posted on my blog, where there are actual pictures to go with it! Check it out!)

This is a book about a hermit crab, which, apparently, you should never underestimate. They have elaborate, intricate lives, as you'll know when you've read/looked at the book. I absolutely loved the illustrations. I like the watercolour style, and they were mostly spot-on and quite funny.

I was less happy with the text that came with the pictures. There were just... too many words, and often show more the sentences seem not polished enough. For example on the second page of text "Now you might think that hermit crabs just sit in their shells, ignorig the world, not doing much of anything". In a children's book like this, I would have preferred something with
way less words.



Another thing I liked was the last page, were the author gave some advice on how to take care of your hermit crab pet. Although there could also be some improvement here as well. He mentions you should check other sources too and some specific recomendations would've made this much more useful. In the end, I don't think I would get this book for the (parents of) young people in my life. The writing style is really not my cup of tea.


Maybe I would get a print for on the wall though, because the hermit crab is a very picture-genic animal. Something that I would've never estimated. show less