Elena's Shells

by Rose Robbins

Elena is a baby Tapir with a taste for shiny, colorful seashells. She loves gathering them until, one day, a sneaky shell escapes from her impressive collection. Elena chases it all over the beach and, with a sneaky trick, captures it right before it enters the ocean. Lo and behold, the shell is the home of a hermit crab who needs it more than she does. Elena steals the shell back but faced guilt and worry about the crab’s fate until she decides to be kind and share in this story about greed and compassion.

Genres: Picture Books

30 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Becky Loader · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was totally charmed by Elena, and I am not even sure what kind of animal she is.
She loves to collect seashells, and in the process learns a thing or two about life and love.

[Mari Flowers · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡Hola lectores, de todas las edades! 🥰

Seguimos con las recomendaciones🎁; y para los más peques esta hermosura. 😍

“LAS CARACOLAS DE ELENA”
ROSE ROBBINS
Editorial Picarona

Este libro nos habla sobre algo que olvidamos mucho, el compartir. 🤝
A Elena le encanta coleccionar caracolas, pero cuando se da cuenta de que algunas son necesarias para otros, algo en su interior la hace ser compartida, no solo ha ganado caracolas para coleccionar, si no amigos que perdurarán. ❤️🌊

Un libro para los más peques de la casa, para enseñar que COMPARTIR es la mejor decisión que podemos tomar.

Las ilustraciones nos guían en la historia y nos hacen vivirla, al lado de Elena, la coleccionista de caracolas.

Sobre la autora e ilustradora. 👇
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Adquiérelo aquí. 👇
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¡Regala este libro el 30 de abril, un niño te lo agradecerá! 🧑👱‍♀️

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[The Library Lady · Rating 2 out of 5]

The basic story is fine--Elena wants all the shells for herself, learns that hermit crabs need other animals' shells for their homes, and decides to share her shells with the crabs, and thus has lots of friends. Nice, if a little too pointedly moralistic, and lots of kids learn about hermit crabs on beach vacations, so that's a plus. But the text is very brief and almost staccato in its tone, and then there are the art issues.
The art is...well..let's just call it interesting. The bright palette and big bold style is nice, but Elena is one of those characters that I guess is meant to be all things to all kids (though she is clearly a SHE), but she is drawn in a way that makes her look naked, and it's as discomforting as it is in some books where the animals have clothes, but somehow look wrong in them.

All in all, one of those books that sounded a lot better in the review than it panned out to be when it actually arrived.

[Molly Cluff (Library!) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book for summertime! One the shells Elena collected has a hermit crab inside, and it tries running away! At first Elena takes the shell back, but then learns that it's more fun to share her collection (and starts a hermit crab house-choosing at the beach, which was an adorable twist). The amount of text would lend itself well to a storytime setting.

[Michelle Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Themes: sharing, hermit crabs

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A preschool and up book about a creature who collects shells but does not want to share them with another creature. Can Elena find a better way to use her collection? Nice sharing theme.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elena learns to share her shells when she finds out they are homes for hermit crabs.