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The Curious Lobster text copyright © 1935, 1964 by Richard Warren Hatch

The Curious Lobster’s Island text copyright © 1939, 1966 by Richard Warren Hatch

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hatch, Richard Warren, 1898– author. | Wakeman, Marion Freeman, illustrator.

Title: The curious lobster / by Richard Warren Hatch ; illustrations by Marion Freeman Wakeman.

Description: New York : New York Review Books, 2018. | Series: New York Review Children’s Collection | Summary: Curious old Mr. Lobster has adventures in New England with his friends, good-natured Badger and grumpy Mr. Bear.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017061213| ISBN 9781681372884 (paperback) | ISBN 9781681372891 (epub)

Subjects: | CYAC: Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. | Lobsters—Fiction. | Badgers—Fiction. | Bears—Fiction. | New England—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Marine Life. | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories. | JUVENILE FICTION / Classics.

Classification: LCC PZ7.H2817 Cur 2018 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017061213

ISBN 978-1-68137-289-1

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Cover design: Leone Design, Tony Leone and Cara Ciardelli

Cover illustration: Nikki McClure

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