"Hermit Crab was growing too big for the house on his back." Thus begins a search for a new home, but every option is "too" something - too heavy, too noisy, too crowded, too full of holes. When a wave sweeps Hermit Crab back into the ocean, he hides behind a sea snail....whose shell turns out to be empty, and just the right size!

Good for a preschool or kindergarten storytime; kids can make the "scritch-scratch, scritc-scratch" sound effect of Hermit Crab stepping along the sand.

Back matter includes more about hermit crabs and further resources. ( )

Having outgrown his brown-spotted shell, Hermit Crab sets out on a hunt for a new house, finding a haven just in time to avoid a hungry pricklepine fish

Hermit Crab is searching for a new house, he has outgrown his old house.

A cute children's book. Hermit Crab looks for a new house - the rock is too heavy, the driftwood is too work. At the end he finds a house that is just right. ( )

This book is about the adventure of a hermit crab trying to find a home for himself so that he is safe from the Pricklepine fish. He tried numerous different types of home such as a tin can and a fishing net but they don't work out. Finally he finds his home within an on vacant snail shell that fits him just right.