Tiny Tales: Shell Quest
I fell in love before I even started the book. On the top of the verso (the page across from the Title Page with the copyright and publishing info at the bottom), there was a how-to guide to reading comics, i.e. read left to right, this kind of bubble indicates thought, speech, whispering, etc. This is the kind of thing that kids certainly pick up on, for the most part, but laying it out in a learning fashion, let’s just say I’m a fan.
Story itself - adorable. A slug who, but for the lack of a shell, looks an awful lot like a snail runs into a pair of snails and wonders why he doesn’t have a shell and decides that if he did, he would surely fit in with these new friends far better so he goes on a quest for a shell (as the title indicates).
Another love for me is the inclusion of some nonfiction factual info and resources as a bit of a post script. The last page gives some info about similarities and differences between snails and slugs, as well as poking fun at the Greek name Gastropods - “stomach foot”.
Title: Tiny Tales: Shell Quest
Author: Steph Waldo
ISBN: 978-0-06-306783-7
Published 2021 by Harper Alley, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
This book was borrowed from the public library for review
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