Discover Your Inner Hermit Crab: The Fifteenth Shermans Lagoon Collection: 15 (Sherman's Lagoon Collections)

The comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon appears in more than 200 newspapers in 30 countries and in six languages. Toomey’s wonderful strip combines the upbeat tone of under-the-sea fun with a real-life look that enlightens and entertains.. Jim Toomeys environmentally aware comic strip Shermans Lagoon appears in 150 newspapers in 30 countries and in 6 languages. Inside this latest cartoon collection Discover Your Inner Hermit Crab more than 42 weeks of Shermans Lagoon stand ready to transport readers to an imaginary lagoon near the South Pacific island of Kapupu in the Palauan archipelago of Micronesia where a cast of coral-reef critters battles the encroachment of the hairless beach apes with their so-called civilized human ways.. Inhabitants of this nautical neighborhood include Sherman an always-hungry-but-otherwise-typical great white shark; his witty pearl-wearing wife Megan; friendly Fillmore the turtle; geeky fish Ernest; macho hermit crab Hawthorne; and salty old Captain Quigley who remains vengeful having lost his leg to Sherman.. Lauded for promoting marine conservation Toomey has been described as a breath of fresh water by the Washington Post and designated as an Environmental Hero by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in recognition of his efforts to protect and preserve the nations environment.