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Hermit Crab’s New Shell is a nonfiction picture book perfect for preschool through early elementary readers. The photographs and clearly labeled parts make the book fascinating and easy to learn about Hermit Crabs in the wild. My favorite fact was learning that hermit crabs will form a line next to a bigger shell and then, as the biggest crab goes into the shell, each of the others goes into the newly discarded shell. The sentence structure, word count, and word choices are perfect for early and newly independent readers. The glossary in the back gives additional help for content-specific words. Overall, this is an engaging read perfect for young readers and hermit crab fans.