My son is three and my mom recently purchased a few hermit crabs that they care for together. I won't touch the things but he loves to hold them and let them walk all over! He calls them his new pets, even though they're a few months old now (we also have three dogs and a fish tank). I thought he would enjoy this book and was right. The story is very cute and simple, telling the year in the life of this hermit crab. He begins by realizing his current home (his shell) is too small. He finds a new one, but it's very boring and plain. He travels throughout the sea finding different types of sea creatures and asking if they'll join him and decorate his house. Each month finds another sea creature added to his shell. But what happens when he again grows too big for this shell? Will he leave his friends behind? Find new friends? What will he do with his old shell? It's a very cute book and my son frequently asks me to read him the 'hermit crab book'. The illustrations are very colorful and fun as you'd expect if you're familiar with Eric Carle's work. Some of the pages have a lot of text, but it keeps my son's attention. We talk about the different creatures he meets and go through the list each time a new one is added. This one is a new favorite in our house.
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