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1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes factual information (in English) on the seashore animals featured in the story.
'Crab is the king of the beach as he sits in his very grand sandcastle keeping an eye on his seashore friends as they go about their beach business. The sandhoppers are cleaning, rock lobster is singing and snapper is looking for a meal. What do Crab's fiends do when the tide comes in? What happens to his castle?--Back cover.

'Ko Pāpaka te kīngi ki tātahi i a ia ka noho ki tana pā onepū rangatira, ka tirotiro haere ai ki ōna hoa taha moana nō rātou ka mahi i ā rātou mahi ki tātahi. E whakapaipai ana ngā [mōwhitiwhiti], e waiata ana a Kōura, ā, e kimi kai ana a Tāmure. Ka aha rā ngā hoa o Pāpaka ka pari ana te tai? Ka ahatia tana pā onepū?'--Back cover.