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.
Presents an introduction to crustaceans, in simple text with illustrations, including lobsters, crabs, sow bugs, water fleas, and others, providing information on their physical characteristics and abilities, habitat, behavior, and life cycle.
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.
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.