RESCUE CLICKITY CLACK – A FUN Interactive Ocean Wordplay to Save a Crab’s Day! By Debra Pehrson Haun – Presented By The Children’s Book Review

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RESCUE CLICKITY CLACK –

A FUN Interactive Ocean Wordplay to Save a Crab’s Day!

Written and Illustrated By Debra Pehrson Haun

Ages: 1-5 | 32 Pages

Publisher: BookBaby (2026) | ISBN: 979-8-9889223-1-5

Cover illustration of the children's book 'Rescue Clickity Clack', featuring a cartoon-style red crab with big eyes and colorful fish swimming above it. The background includes playful waves and the title is prominently displayed at the top.

Publisher’s Book Summary: Clickity Clack, a young crab, finds himself lost and stuck in some yucky muck. He wants to get back home, but he knows he will need help to guide him. Every page turn is a new adventure to brave the waves as you rock, pop, tickle, and wiggle your way through the seas in this captivating multisensory interactive rhythmic adventure where sea stars, vibrant fish, sea turtles, hermit crabs, and a whale join in the fun. Clickity Clack celebrates being home by clicking and clacking his claws with his new friends and his Mom and Pop. Fun facts about all the sea creatures add to the educational value in this rocking, rolling, interactive, rhythmic wordplay sea adventure.

BRAVE THE WAVES—YOUR ADVENTURE AWAITS!

PURCHASE LINK

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4rJT75R

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rescue-clickity-clack-debra-pehrson-haun/1149231401?ean

BookBaby: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/rescue-clickity-clack1 

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Debra Pehrson Haun. The opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal views.

WHY INTERACTIVE BOOKS ARE THE “SECRET WEAPON”
FOR RELUCTANT READERS?
Debra Pehrson Haun


Can you find the word “clack”? Did you see how quickly your mind turned to a different kind of thinking or reading? It was not just a word it was a call for action and that’s exactly why interactive books are the “secret weapon” for reluctant readers.
Interactive books are a multisensory experience that engages all learning styles, increases cognitive development, teaches cause and effect while adding a sense of accomplishment which builds confidence and encourages social interaction. When you add rhyme to this list you have a bonanza of benefits to all readers no matter their reading skill which Rescue Clickity Clack provides.
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Active Engagement & Play: Instead of passively scanning words, children interact with the pages which keeps them physically and mentally engaged, turning reading into an immersive experience.
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Reduced Reading Anxiety: Interactive elements lower the anxiety for reluctant readers because it makes books less intimidating and more fun.
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Multisensory Learning: These books stimulate the brain through touch, sight, and sound, enhancing comprehension and language skills, particularly for younger readers.
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Increased Comprehension & Memory: Action words that require children to help keeps them focused on specific elements, which improves comprehension, while the interactive nature helps them remember the story.
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Sense of Accomplishment: Interactive books often provide a sense of achievement when tasks are completed (e.g., following instructions in the story), which builds confidence in struggling readers. This would have been very helpful in my years of being a non-reader in my elementary school.
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Encourages Social Interaction: Many interactive books promote dialogue between the child and adult (e.g., asking questions and predicting), building communication skills and shared reading enjoyment. This promotes building a community which creates stronger bonds between the reader and the audience.

One of the biggest benefits, I believe, and why I love interactive books is that they teach the power of cause-and-effect which all children and adults can relate to. The physical actions—like wiggling, popping, and/or rocking—has a direct result to the visible change on the next page. This hands-on, immediate feedback loop, found in books like Rescue Clickity Clack helps children understand that their actions have consequences and strengthens cognitive connections. Physical interaction to a logical outcome, active engagement with narratives, immediate visual feedback and visualizing chain reactions are all emphasized in interactive picture books.
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Physical Interaction = Logical Outcomes: Children tap, wiggle or pop on pages to make things happen in the story (e.g., waving to make a breeze makes a crab fly higher), reinforcing the direct relationship between action and result.
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Active Engagement with Narratives: Books often feature characters or narrators that ask for help, prompting children to interact, which makes them feel responsible for the story’s outcome.
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Immediate Visual Feedback: By turning the page, children instantly see the result of their action (e.g., turning a page to see a scene change from slow waves to high and low waves that SPLASH!
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Visualizing Chain Reactions: Rescue Clickity Clack clearly illustrates this by a series of actions the reader takes that makes the difference to get Clickity Clack back home. All these specific actions taken provide the reader a sense of pride, a sense of making a difference which leads to a satisfying emotional outcome. Interactive picture books provide many benefits to not only the reluctant reader, but all readers to show that when we do something there is an effect on something else. This is why interactive picture books are a powerful “secret weapon” to not only to the reluctant readers, but to all readers young and old. They unite us all and for that we can all Clickity Clack!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A woman with short blonde hair, wearing glasses and a black long-sleeve top, standing in front of colorful artwork and shelves.

Debra Pehrson Haun is the author and illustrator of TWITCH, her award-winning debut picture book. She was not always a strong swimmer, but after taking and graduating from her adult Super Chicken swimming lessons, she now enjoys and loves riding the waves.

To learn more, visit www.debrapehrsonhaun.com.

https://www.instagram.com/debrapehrsonhaun | https://www.facebook.com/DebraPehrsonHaunIllustration/ 

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Friday, March 27, 2026 The Children’s Book Review Tour Kick-Off for Rescue Clickity Clack: A FUN Interactive Ocean Wordplay to Save a Crab’s Day!
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