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"Time to move," said Hermit Crab one day. "I've grown too big for this little shell." Much-loved master of cut-paper collage Eric Carle created A House for Hermit Crab to comfort any little ones (okay, and adults, too) who dread change--whether the new shell is a new home, a new school, or a new experience.
mantric parable cycling through growth, accumulation, and release, championing courage and kindness in the face of inevitable change and renewal, even when these come at the cost of letting go of one's beloved attachments, including possessions, friends, and a firm place in the world. asks us to consider codependence as transitory and vital, to accept partings but scoff at endings, and to smile when confronted with our own vulnerability and even our own mortality, to smile as one would at the start of an adventure.
Hermit Crab has to get a new house after he outgrows the latest. Then he goes around and finds plants and animals who are willing to live with him and he decorates his shell with them. Sea anemones, coral, snails and lanternfish are some of the things he decorates his shell with. The story takes place over a year and by the end he needs a new house.
This is Eric Carle artwork as we love it. It's lovely. This is a nice beginning story for kids. He throws in the months of the year with fun sea life. I love it. This is a great story.
I read this on Open Library.
This is Eric Carle artwork as we love it. It's lovely. This is a nice beginning story for kids. He throws in the months of the year with fun sea life. I love it. This is a great story.
I read this on Open Library.
I love the hermit crab's voice and how kind he is to each of the creatures who agrees to live on his shell. This book would be perfect for a unit on sea life and for talking with kids about how we treat others and the benefit of taking risks.
I guess there is something seriously wrong with me....I have never really enjoyed Eric Carle books and the art is not my taste either. I think I must be the only person in the world who feels this way. I reread them every year or so and try to see them in a better light but I still can't seem to get it.....I'll keep trying!
Sam really liked this book about a hermit crab who has outgrown his shell and must find another. Apparently this hermit crab has a flair for decorating, since most of the book is about how he embellishes his shell with plants, animals, and pebbles he finds on his journey across the ocean floor over the course of a year. Inevitably, the hermit crab outgrows this shell also, and passes it along to a smaller crab with the agreement that the new crab will be nice to the friends that have been giving his shell some style.
A great read aloud for an elementary group... Have them decorate their own shells...,
I'll admit that this book didn't really interest me at first glance, but the kiddo has been obsessed with the ocean since watching Finding Dory, so I picked it up for her.
Surprise, surprise, we both love it! The art is gorgeous- of course- and the repetitve story just has so much fun information for my girl! Plus hearing a toddler attempt to say sea anemone is pretty much the most adorable thing ever.
Surprise, surprise, we both love it! The art is gorgeous- of course- and the repetitve story just has so much fun information for my girl! Plus hearing a toddler attempt to say sea anemone is pretty much the most adorable thing ever.