Travel beneath the Chesapeake Bay, where Spud, a feisty young blue crab, hates to nap. Waking his underwater friends, Spud launches a rollicking Christmas Eve party that is interrupted by an unexpected traveler in need of Spud's help. Can Spud help bring Christmas to the Bay? 30 pp | 23 color illustrations Author's bio: Priscilla Cummings is the author of the Chadwick the Crab series and ten other picture books, as well as eight middle-grade and young-adult novels. She lives with her family in Annapolis, Maryland. A. R. Cohen was an art teacher for many years as well as a professional artist and illustrator. Retired today, he lives in rural Jarrettsville, Maryland, working in his studios, tending his gardens, and keeping hives of honeybees. Publication date: 2012-03-16.