A polka-dot shell Talked Like me and you And he spoke not just one word He spoke more than TWO These words are just the first surprise in this tender picture book about a child who finds a talking shell on the beach one day---and wants to keep it in his treasure box. But the willful little shell has other plans...and transforms The Shell and Me into a whimsical yet powerful story about the rights of all creatures, great and small---to live free.