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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Elizabeth Sanchez

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A New Day for Cray is the 2nd book I’ve read with my 7 year old in this series (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay). Cray is a mean little crab at the start of this book! He pinches all his friends, and they do not like it. I’m glad he had a transformation and learned his lesson- and taught a lesson to all the young readers regarding friendship and kindness. All his friends names rhyme, which my son thought was cool. We have Fay (turtle), Ray (seagull) and Hay (fox). The illustrations in this book are lovely; so fun and colorful. After reading this book, we had to do some research on crabs loosing their claws. Then went back to the other Cray book we read (Cray Saves the Day), to see if he had 2 claws in that story. I love this series and my son can’t wait to read the rest.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Tonya Merritt

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

In this fun, child’s book you follow a crab that enjoys being mean and pinches everyone. This story teaches children how being mean doesn’t help them get friends. The rhyming helps get the repetition in their head of why they shouldn’t be. It is a great little book that many ages will enjoy but children need to hear it slightly more than most adults.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Crystal Brehant

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a really cute story. My 7yo son and I enjoyed it. It’s about a bully who starts to lose friends because of always being mean. It is good for teaching about friendship, change and overcoming struggles. This is a great rhyming story with a great meaning. The illustrations are beautiful.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Terri Jo McAllister

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cray the crab is always pinching his friends. After an accident, Cray finds the true meaning of friendship. This book has a great message for kids and is beautifully illustrated. I love the rhyming rhythm of the book, very catchy for kids.

Reviewed by Terri Jo McAllister

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Micalah Weatherholtz

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

We loved A New Day For Cray. It was such a fun, rhyming, kid friendly way to take a look at bullying! So well illustrated. Cray was such a bully to his friends just because he could but Hay stood her ground and explained to him that as friends they would always be there but they didn’t like the way he treated them. Poor Cray had a healthy dose of karma before he realized that what Hay said was right and all his friends agreed. I really like the author/illustrators bio at the end and how G PA Rhymes was a fun, grandkid loving, rapping, rhyming Grandpa whose kids encouraged him to publish these. They are great stories.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Jamie Truex

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a very cute book about learning to be nice. Cray’s friends don’t like it when he pinches and pushes them. The illustrations are very good. My 5 year old granddaughter really enjoyed this book. She said it’s not nice to pinch.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Gillian Fawell

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A beautiful story that will help kids to understand both the consequences of bullying and the importance of forgiveness and friendship. The rhythm of the story flows well and keeps it simple for younger kids whilst also getting the point across. Would be great to read with an early childhood class.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Cindy Mayberry

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A delightful children’s book with lessons to be learned. Friendships are built on kindness and respect. This can sometimes be a hard lesson to learn. But this story is a great tool for helping our little ones. Pushing and pinching can hurt, but teaching our children what feels better will be found in this charming series. This author impressed me with this story. I love well written children’s books. This has it all. Including opening a conversation with our children. This is a must have for your childrens bookshelves.

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Cray Saves the Day (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Krista Moulthrop

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a great read for my little and I. I love that it rhymed (keeps the kiddo interested) and it had a great teachable lesson, to always be kind or “karma” finds a way to you. All of Cray’s friends were tired of being pinched, but when Cray loses his “pinching” claw, they still showed him kindness and true friendship. The characters are cute and illustrations are great. Will definitely read more from this story line and author.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Felicia Bates

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read A New Day for Cray with my seven year old daughter and she absolutely loved it. I thought that Cray was adorable and loved the bright illustrations. I am a fan of reading books that rhyme as they often roll right off the tongue. A New Day for Cray was a short, fun way to teach a lesson about kindness.

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G PA Rhymes – Review by Anna Hirsch

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series)
By G Pa Rhymes
4 Stars

This is a cute story filled with colourful illustrations that will capture a child’s attention. Cray the crab is a bully who punches all of his friends. He thinks it is funny but they do not. They don’t like it at all. What happens when Cray loses his pincher? This is a great story to teach young children about bullying in a way that they will understand. It is a fun and easy read.

Review by @AnnaHirsch
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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Natalia Gonzales Castrejon

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My 3 year old loved A New Day for Cray! It was such a good book! I love that this book teaches kids to play fair! That is a super big thing for 3 year olds to learn especially while they’re young!

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Daryian Lucas

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5/5 Stars
This is such a cute story about friendship. I loved the illustrations and the fact they weren’t overstimulating. They reminded me of the tv show Puffin Rock and Trash Truck. The story has a solid lesson. It’s not too complicated for toddlers which I appreciate!

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Candice Estes

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cray is a crab living on the beach and under the water. He has many friends, whom he likes to play with but whom he also likes to pinch with his pinchers. His friends do not appreciate his way of playing, and wish that he would stop. Some have expressed their dislike of his pinching, while others try to get away from him before he can pinch them. That all changes one day, when Cray loses his pincher, and his friends come together to help him and support him. This is a great book for teaching young kids about not hurting others and how it affects those who they are harming. The illustrations are beautiful and make me wish I were at the beach, pinching crabs or not!

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Tausha Treadway

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes. This was the sweetest, funniest book for your favorite young person. My 5 year old nephew loved it. Its the story of Cray a crab who likes to go around and pinch his friends. His friends names are Hay, Ray and Fay. Because Cray always pinches them his friends tend to move away when he comes near. Cray was confused at first but when he realizes his friends didn’t like being pinched he learned a lesson. He also learned his friends were true friends because when he lost a claw they told him he was perfect just the way he was. Those are true friends. Such fun pictures, raps and story line. Perfect for the youngster in your life. Great story for young preschoolers starting out in school as well. This author will be added to my nephews favorites!

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A New Day For Cray ( The Advetures of Cray Series ) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Caralee Loonat

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I really wish my kids were young enough for these books. I like how the author has brought the characters to life and also creates a good way to teach children lessons. The characters are relatable for kids and the illustrations really add to the book. This is a good way for kids to learn how to act within a friendship and learn boundaries and the correct manner in which to act. I really would recommend this book for young kids. Look forward to reading more from this author.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Anantha Rusum

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a very cute story about a crab who is very playful, bullies and pinches his friends. The story conveys a strong message to the kids not to bully others and it is the kindness which is the basic foundation of friendship. The illustrations are very beautiful and characters are adorable. I loved all the characters, the crab, Gull, tortoise, fox. I overall enjoyed the book.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Katie Matthews

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was such a cute read for young children about how being nice to people means that you end up with far more friends around you and to make you feel happy. Cray was a little crab who liked to pinch his friends who often moved away when they saw him coming. Cray had to learn his lesson the hard way. I like how this story provides talking points for children about how they behave and what is nice and not so nice. The story had a lovely rhyme to it which is bound to capture children’s interest alongside some beautiful and colourful illustrations.
A really lovely story that my 4 year old especially enjoyed!

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Ayla Phipps

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. This was a new author for me and love the rhyming makes things so much easier for young kids to follow along with and helps in their learning journey of becoming strong independent readers. While I understand the underlying meaning of its better to be friendly than to be a bully the story made it slightly confusing. It took Cray, losing a limb essentially to be nice and stop bullying. He didn’t apologize or anything, just all the other characters came to comfort and support him after to start a new beginning. Now the second meaning that after something bad something good is coming your way I love this, and it is so easy society today, it’s often hard to see an upside or positives out of something bad. I look forward to seeing what adventure little Cray will get into next.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Ashley Sugar

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love finding new childrens books to read to my daughters. We take story time before bed very seriously! So when we read this book, it was a huge hit. The rhyming made it flow very nice and my girls wanted to read it one more time right after we finished. Will definitely be added to regular books we like to read! Super cute!

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Dawn Daughenbaugh

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

5 Stars
A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes

A New Day for Cray ( The Adventures of Cray Series) is a children’s book that children of any age will enjoy reading. I love the illustrations and they make the story come to life. My five year old son loved this book and kept saying “no cray you have to be nice and no pinching .” It’s a story about cray the crab and the hard lesson he learns about friendships. Cray goes around pinching and pushing all his friends, they don’t like it. Can cray learn that its not nice to be pushy and not kind to others? I highly recommend reading this book. My son and I look forward to reading more from this Author.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Krista Moulthrop

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a great read for my little and I. I love that it rhymed (keeps the kiddo interested) and it had a great teachable lesson, to always be kind or “karma” finds a way to you. All of Cray’s friends were tired of being pinched, but when Cray loses his “pinching” claw, they still showed him kindness and true friendship. The characters are cute and illustrations are great. Will definitely read more from this story line and author.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Megan Pesek

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cray learns that his actions have consequences. A New Day for Cray is a good book to teach young children that their actions towards others have consequences. Cray likes to be mean and can’t understand why his friends don’t like it. Only when there are consequences to his actions does Cray understand the impact of his actions on his friends.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Lisa Helmick

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day for Cray by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cute quick story! I understood Cray and could feel for his dilemma. He is a bully and thinks just because he can that means he should. Luckily for him he actually has great friends that he didn’t realize until an accident. The meaning in this book is easy to see. It makes a good story to read to and discuss the actions and consequences of certain behaviors with children.

The illustration in here is wonderful! I would recommend it on that alone but add in the adorable rhyming story and it’s a winner!

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Kelli Harper

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A sweet story about bullying and how you make more friends when you are nice and not mean. full of rhymes and colorful engaging illustrations. This book is great for preschool ages all the way through early elementary.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Darian Vester

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved the illustrations in this book, the late sunset and seashells were my favorite pages. The story is great and teaches kids a good lesson, especially not waiting for something bad to happen to you before finally being kind to others. I don’t know other parents who have a pinching problem but I have met some who have kids to who like to bite and hit, I think this will be a great book for them as it shows all of Cray’s friends leaving him because they don’t like the pinching. I even like that the author included Fox telling Cray he doesn’t like him playing that way. The book is short and filled with rhymes that will help keep the attention of young children. Definitely a good book for teachers to read with young children.

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Stephanie Robb

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved this lovely story about friendship for the young and older alike! Cray has a bad habit of pinching and teasing his friends, but his friends do not like this and teach him about what it means to be a good friend. This is a fun story with colourful illustrations. Highly recommended!

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series Book #1) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Angela Hayes

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars

 

A New Day For Cray is the first book in The Adventures of Cray series by G Pa Rhymes. This is a really cute story that is accompanied by lots of lovely, bright, colourful, interesting, and imagination-capturing illustrations which help to bring the whole story to life.
Cray the Crab is a pincher, and a bit of a bully- he learns a valuable lesson on friendship as his adventure unfolds. The story is cute- and told is a rhyming verse that adds an extra element of interest to the whole story. It also has some valuable messages woven into the story, about friendship, kindness, and (anti-)bullying.
Easy to read. Fun. Intriguing. Wonderful illustrations. Cute story. Well worth the read.
Looking forward to more adventures with Cray.
Happy Reading…

 

Reviewed by @angelahayes

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Shannen Kern

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The first thing that caught my attention with this book was the cover. The illustrations are beautifully done and really add depth to the story itself. Talking to kids about friendships and kindness is incredibly important but can be a bit tricky. This book makes it not only easy to learn, but fun to experience along with Cray the Crab. Both of my kids absolutely enjoyed the rhyming throughout the book which I have found has helped the information stick around in their minds. I feel that this would be a wonderfully helpful book to have in your family and the classroom!

Reviewed by @shannlynn

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A New Day for Cray (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes – Review by Jennilee Brown

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A New Day For Cray (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)A New Day For Cray by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book was age appropriate for my three littles and they loved it. The were engaged for the entire story which is rare for them. As a parent I liked the message it had about friendship and helped me to talk to them about some social cues they can look for when they play with their friends. Overall, I will be adding more of Cray and his adventures to our home library.

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