Herman Crab

Meet Herman Crab.

Herman is a bit of a hermit. He lives alone and spends his days not seeing or talking to anyone – and that’s the way he likes it. He likes having breakfast alone. He likes doing his crabercises alone. He likes watching his favourite TV show, alone. That is until the day a bubbly crab named Sandy scuttles her way into his life ...

Herman Crab is Peter Helliar’s DEBUT picture book and is packed full of Peter’s trademark humour with underlying themes of friendship and loneliness.

About the Author

Peter Helliar is the best-selling author of the Frankie Fish series for children, as well as one of Australia's favourite comedians. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and three kids, and currently co-hosts the award-winning news and current affairs program The Project on Network Ten. He plans on being the first human to travel back in time.

Since first appearing on Rove Live in the late 90s, Helliar’s extraordinary entertainment and comedy career has spanned everything from radio to screenwriting, producing and co-starring in feature films (I Love You Too) and television series (It’s a Date), as well as creating a beloved AFL sensation in his alter-ego Bryan ‘Strauchanie’ Strauchan. Helliar’s most recent comedy tour, One Hot Mess, sold out shows in Australia and New Zealand. His new family comedy show, Better Books, is on tour now.

About the Illustrator

Matt Shanks is an internationally-published and critically-acclaimed author/illustrator of over fifteen picture books. These include Rosie the Rhinoceros, written by Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes and Eric the Postie and Queen Celine which were both awarded Notables by the CBCA for Picture Book of The Year. Matt is a two-time fellow of the May Gibbs’ Children’s Literature Trust, co-editor of Words Like This, and works primarily in watercolour. He lives in Melbourne, Victoria, with his partner and cat.