Tiny Tales: Shell Quest
I Can Read! Comic
by Steph Waldo
Illustrated by the author
Harpers Galley
An Imprint of HarpersCollins Publishers
2022
32 pages
ISBN: 97800063067820
One lonely little critter wants to belong. He sees some snails and decides to join them, asking if he can be friends. The snails say no, you don't have a shell. Where is yours? They tell him to go find a shell. Only then he can belong. First he tries using the top of an acorn, but it falls off. Next he finds a metal thimble (?) and wears it, but again it falls off. Finally he finds a real piece of shell and the snails invite him into their circle.
When his shell breaks, they make him leave. Lonely and afraid, he sets out and one brave snail comes with him. In a rainstorm, they are swept away down a pipe and meet creatures like him. He asks them what they are, and they explain, like him, they have no shells because they are slugs. The slugs invite both the lonely slug and his friend, the snail, to stay with them and everyone is happy.
The author has included a page of comparisons snail vs. slug which gives young readers factual information. A fun read for ages 3 and up. The graphic nature of this book will appeal to reluctant readers, and everyone loves a comic!
Highly recommended.
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