Harry The Hermit Crab

From the first glimpse of the cover this book looks inviting. Harry the hermit crab needs to find a new home, but pollution of his environment means there is a lot of rubble and none of it is suitable. How will Harry find a new shell?

There is so much to love about this book, the text cleverly teaches a lot about crabs and about their environment. It is full of enriched vocabulary, with verbs like strewn, scuttled and scampered and it has a delightful rhyming pattern. Some interesting or important words are enlarged and capitalised adding character to the text. The illustrations are equally appealing with Harry the standout star on every page. This is a fun story that tells an unfortunate truth of pollution on our beaches which is saved in the end by kind-hearted conservation conscious people.

There are facts about Hermit crabs included at the end of the story rounding out a thoroughly charming but also educational story.