She is also the author of a novel for adults, The Wishing Box, which the Los Angeles Times named to its list of the year’s best fiction in 2000. A recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Slater is also an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, Salon, The New York Times Magazine, and Mother Jones. Dangerously Ever After was named the 2013–14 Surrey Picture Book of the Year based on the votes of over 12,700 elementary school students. The Sea Serpent and Me was a Junior Library Guild Selection and a finalist for the Cybil and Chickadee Awards, as well as being named to the 2008 Librarians’ Choices List of the best books for children and young adults. magazines and was chosen for the Texas 2x2 list of best books for children age two to grade two. Baby Shoes was named one of the best children’s books of 2006 by both Booklist and Nick Jr. 'Escargot’s voice is parfait, an airy blend of ego and need masterfully balanced in witty and well-turned sentences that leave plenty of room for audiences to get the joke.Trim, controlled pencil and watercolor art gives Escargot the inevitable French sailor’s shirt, neckerchief, and teeny beret, but the jaunty guy’s wide, sincere eyes reveal the depth of his yearning snail soul-and make for some great comic faces.Dashka Slater’s four picture books have won widespread praise for their inventive language and vivid imagery. 'A charming little French snail takes center stage as it entices a child to share a meal.It's hard to imagine an escargot heading toward a salad as destined to be anything other than part of the dish, but this engaging snail upends convention.An unusual, tongue-in-cheek aid to getting children to eat a disliked food-even the dreaded carrot.'- Kirkus Reviews Give this charming read-aloud a little extra joie de vivre by reading it in your best French accent.' - Booklist

'Say bonjour to your new favorite animal, the garden snail!.In Hanson’s soft, cartoonish illustrations, Escargot’s hammy expressions are perfectly in keeping with his gently boastful narrative.

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Escargot by Dashka Slater