How Sammy Went to Coral-Land

A grandmother tells seaside children a tale about a young hermit-crab who leaves his ledge and, guided by a pilot fish, voyages toward tropical reefs. Along the way he escapes predators, encounters a variety of marine animals from sharks and swordfish to remoras and starfish, and makes friends that illustrate sea behavior. The account blends episodic adventure with factual natural-history descriptions, following the crab into a richly described coral community and surveying the diverse organisms and structures that inhabit that reef environment.