Sharing a Shell
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By Julia Donaldson, and and, Lydia Monks
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184 reviews
When Crab finds a new shell, he doesn’t want to share it with anyone – especially not a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm. But life in the rock pool proves tougher than Crab thinks and he soon finds he needs his new housemates.
Sharing a Shell is a charming underwater tale of friendship and fun from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard. With brilliant rhythmic verse, bright and distinctive illustrations this is a firm favourite with children and parents alike.
Enjoy all the stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks: Sharing a Shell, The Princess and the Wizard, The Rhyming Rabbit, The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn, Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox, What the Ladybird Heard, What the Ladybird Heard Next, What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday and The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes.
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I thought this book was good because there was a blob and it shared a shell. and the little brush thing came and shared the shell with the crab and the blob. I liked the illustrations.
Best book about working together
Great book
It’s non-fiction, and I prefer fiction.
I like this book as I like the sea and snorkelling so I imagine I might come across two sharing a shell one day! It’s all about working together
Quite kind
The crab was the best character. It was good that he shared and then learned to share in again.
They friends fell out and they then became friends again.
I enjoyed the book and pictures
The story was nice and like learning about rock pools
A book about kindness and sharing
It has lots of bright colours and I like the anemone in the story because she had lots of tentacles. I would recommend this book to all of my friends because it’s a story based on the beach and I live near the beach.
Love this one. Chose to read it today because it reminded me of the holiday we've just been on where we went looking for shells and saw some with creatures in them.
Good
We love a Julia Donaldson book. Great conversation starter for sharing
I love the bristle worm and this story. I can read most of the words myself
It was good and at the end it was happy.
I like the pictures and all the animals, especially the sea snail! I love the beach so this story was great for me
I loved the kindness.
It’s about sharing
I loved it when they shared the shell.
good
It was fiction. I really liked when all of the characters found their new bigger shell and could share again.
Great book about three freinds sharing a shell. My favourite character is anemone
Nice rhyming story. Good message of sharing and being friends too.
Its about friendship and sharing together. I would tell others to read it as its a good book
I loved this book so much I kept renewing it to read again and again.
I like the crab because it shared a shell with friends. I’ll share my chocolate with my friends too. I like the book. I’d like to share it with my friends.
sharing a shell is great for young kids because it shows that it is kind to share things with others. this is for kids age 3-4 and above. it is also great for a bed time story.
It was a bit tricky but liked the story
I liked it when the crab found a new shell and some friends.
