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Text and photographs describe the life cycle and behavior patterns of the hermit crab.

Hermit Crab has outgrown his little shell, so he finds a bigger one- and many new friends to decorate and protect his new house.

"An introduction to purple pinchers and other hermit crabs, presented in a highly illustrated, question and answer format.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the hermit crab.

Explains how to care for a hermit crab, covering supplies, feeding, cleaning, health, behavior, and safety.

When Hermit Crab outgrows his old house, he ventures out to find a new one.

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.

A simple introduction to hermit crabs and how to care for them as pets.

A young hermit crab is perfectly happy with his chipped, too-small shell and his mother insists that he needs a new one to be safe, but they also disagree on whether the new shell should be sensible or spiky and cool.

A hermit crab searching for a new shell is carried by a wave from the shore to a coral reef, where he encounters many different kinds of creatures before trying to make his way back to the shore.

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

Sam is in charge of taking care of the classroom hermit crab over Christmas vacation, but when he turns his back, the crab disappears.

A hermit crab looking for a new home tries several different shells before finding one that fits just right.

A young land hermit crab spends its days tucked safely inside a seashell until one day it outgrows its shell and must find a new home.

Describes the different ways in which children care for hermit crabs as pets, and features a brief story about Hannah's attempts to get her hermit crab Hermin to come out and play.