hermit crabs

A young hermit crab named Poncho de Leon encounters exotic animals and experiences thrilling adventure when he sets out to find Lost Island, a place his grandfather searched for and never found during his days as an explorer.

Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and activities of the hermit crab.

When Neville sees the hermit crabs which he so gently collected being mistreated by the crab man at a Jamaican hotel, he no longer wants to supply them but would thereby forfeit his income.

Illustrations and rhyming text about ten little hermit crabs who go to the beach and begin to disappear one by one.

A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

A pet owner's guide to hermit crabs, providing information about the environment, anatomy, and ecology of the crustaceans; and offering advice on buying hermit crabs, setting up a cage, feeding, and hermit crab behavior, reproduction, and ailments.

A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

Absorbed in his search for food, a shy hermit crab, disguised in a fancy new shell, inadvertently rescues a flounder caught beneath a trap and wins the admiration of the other marine animals.

Photographs and simple text look at hermit crabs, what they eat, where they live, and how they play.