Hermit Crab needs a new house. He's outgrown his old brown-spotted one, and he must find a bigger shell before the fierce pricklepine fish finds him. So he steps 'along the shore, by the sea, in the sand . . . scratch-scratch, scratch-scratch,' looking, looking.

But every house he sees is too deep, too heavy, or too full of holes—or else someone else has already claimed it! Then a sudden wave tumbles him out to sea where he meets the greatest danger—and finds a perfect house, lavender-hued, and just in time.

From the dust jacket