Sharing a Shell - Tapa dura

The tiny hermit crab loves his new shell. He doesn't want to share it - not with a blobby purple anemone and a tickly bristleworm. But life in the rockpool proves tougher than Crab thinks, and soon he finds he needs his new housemates in this rollicking story of sea, shells and friendship.

Julia Donaldson is one of the UK's most successful picture book authors, whose titles include the acknowledged modern classic, THE GRUFFALO (0 333 71093 2), together with ROOM ON THE BROOM (0 333 90338 2) THE SMARTEST GIANT IN TOWN (0 333 96144 7) and THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE (0 333 98223 1) all illustrated by Axel Scheffler. This is her first picture book with Lydia Monks. Julia is also much in demand for her brilliant events for children at schools, libraries and literary festivals. Lydia Monks is one of the UK's most original picture book artists, whose brilliantly coloured collage images have given her a strong following. Her previous books for Macmillan include ESMERELDA by Karen Wallace (0 333 76051 4), and QUEEN MUNCH AND QUEEN NIBBLE (0 333 96066 1) and THE SKIPPING ROPE SNAKE (0 333 98739 X), both by Carol Ann Duffy.