The Curious Lobster

An American Wind in the Willows, this charming tale of Mr. Lobster and his underwater and dry land friends celebrates curiousity and having an open mind, and will be sure to delight children and parents.

Whether you are five or one hundred and five, chances are you’ve never met a lobster as learned and charming as Mr. Lobster-and he’d be the first to tell you so. Mr. Lobster has evaded the fisherman’s trap for decades, but life in his corner of the ocean seems ever duller. It is time to seek new adventures, new friends, and even-gasp!-dry lands. Dry land is of course perilous for a saltwater dwelling creature, as are the folks you can meet there, like badgers, bears, and birds. But Mr. Lobster has a way of turning every enemy into a dear friend, and of escaping the scrapes his curiosity gets him into.

An American answer to The Wind in the Willows, The Curious Lobster combines two original edition -The Curious Lobster and The Curious Lobster’s Island-into one volume. Hatch’s Mr. Lobster stories have been charming a small and devoted fellowship of readers for going on eighty years. Sweet but not treacly, instructive but not didactic, this full gathering of all the Lobster stories recognizes the challenges of getting along with others and celebrates the possibilities of living outside of the usual swim of things.