Tab the Crab is going on a ride in the cab back to beach.

Simple text and repetition of the letter 's' help readers learn how to use this sound. Additional features to aid comprehension include a word list for review, a note to parents and educators, and an introduction to the author.

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.

When Neville sees the hermit crabs which he so gently collected being mistreated by the crab man at a Jamaican hotel, he no longer wants to supply them but would thereby forfeit his income.

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.

Platypus thinks he has found the perfect curly shell for his collection, but it keeps disappearing.

When Crawfish takes advantage of Crab's generosity, his trickery costs him the friendship.

"Colin the Crab has many special friends at his home in the river bay. It's hard to imagine anyone more beautiful than Sally the Starfish or more successful than Eddie the Eel. Ms. Catfish's antiques are very impressive, and the big newt family is always busy and full of energy. Just as Colin starts to wonder if his own life is a bit too ordinary, a tidal wave tosses Priscilla the Pearl Oyster into his backyard. Colin's new friend has something very...

A little crab exhilirates in snapping and nipping at whatever--and whoever--he encounters. Textured surfaces enhance the sensory fun for young readers.

"Best friends Peanut Butter and Jellyfish are constantly being taunted by their neighbor, Crabby, until they help him out of a jam"--