crabs

Retells the African folktale from the Bakongo people of Zaire in which Crab's pride influences his creator, who leaves Crab without a head to make him humble.

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.

"Introduces pre-readers to simple concepts about blue animals using the repetition of words"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the physical characteristics, life cycle, and natural habitat of different types of crabs.

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

Presents an introduction to crabs, in simple text with illustrations, including information what they are, what they look like, and what they do. Includes glossary.

In the coral reefs off the Hawaiian islands, Potter the angelfish and his friends learn to cope with the persistent teasing of Alakuma the crab.

Chadwick, a Chesapeake Bay crab, yearns for adventure and finds it in a most dangerous form, prompting the birds and marine animals who share the Bay to come to his rescue on the mainland.

Hermy the hermit crab discovers a nest of sea turtle hatchlings on South Carolina's Folly Beach and tries to help the disoriented ones find their way to the water.

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