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Summary
Summary
Say Bonjour! to the first picture book in the bestselling Escargot series about a cute French snail and his laugh-out-loud adventures.
Escargot is an adorable French snail who only wants two things: 1) To be your favorite animal, and 2) To eat the delicious salad at the end of this book. Except this delicious salad has a carrot in it. And Escargot hates carrots. But when he finally tries one--with a little help from you!--he realizes that it's not so bad after all.
From New York Times -bestselling author Dashka Slater and former Pixar animator Sydney Hanson, Escargot is an irresistibly sweet and charming story about a snail who might be a picky eater but definitely wants to be your new best friend. This hilarious and interactive addition to the award-winning Escargot series is the ideal read aloud for story time and animal lovers alike.
Escargot is also available as a board book for babies and toddlers up to 3 years old.
Don't miss Escargot's other funny and heartwarming adventures for kids ages 4-6 in:
● A Book for Escargot
● Love, Escargot (also available as a board book for babies and toddlers up to 3 years old)
● Escargot and the Search for Spring
Author Notes
Dashka Slater has written many picture books, including Escargot , which won the Wanda Gag Book Award; A Book for Escargot ; Love, Escargot ; Escargot and the Search for Spring ; Baby Shoes ; and The Antlered Ship , which was a Junior Library Guild Selection and received four starred reviews. Her New York Times -bestselling nonfiction young adult novel The 57 Bus won several accolades including the Stonewall Book Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Book Award. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Sydney Hanson is a children's book illustrator living in Sierra Madre, California. She works in a combination of traditional and digital media to create her illustrations--her favorites are watercolor and colored pencil. She loves the outdoors and is a certified naturalist who spends most of her spare time poking around the woods with her Labrador retriever, Cash. To see all of her latest animals and illustrations, follow her on Instagram.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-Meet Escargot, a French snail, complete with black beret, striped shirt, and red kerchief. He is on a journey to the end of the book, where there is a delicious salad, "with croutons and a light vinaigrette." Escargot invites a child reader to join him and asks the child to name a favorite animal, before he shares "a very sad thing: Nobody ever says their favorite animal is the snail." Escargot uses his persuasive powers to challenge the reader to view his qualities in a new light and choose him as a favorite pet. For example, the trails he makes are "shimmery" instead of slimy, and his shyness masks a ferocity that he uses to scare away unwanted carrots in his salad. Once Escargot and the reader reach the salad, there's a dreaded carrot in it! Escargot suggests that "on the count of three we will take a very, very, very small bite of the carrot." The snail finds it surprisingly delicious (it's assumed that the reader might, too), and with panache, he declares the reader his favorite animal. With soft, muted colors and a charismatic main character, this title will win many fans. VERDICT A magnifique read-aloud that will charm and delight preschool audiences.-Ramarie Beaver, Plano Public Library System, TX © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Peppy French snail Escargot--in a striped shirt, neckerchief, and beret--asks readers to help it reach a salad. While the interactive text creatively incorporates French words and snail facts--and encourages trying new foods (carrots)--the end twist is confusing. Pastel-colored, digital-looking illustrations with varied pacing and perspectives help the expressive invertebrate stand out. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
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. Escargot peeks around the edge of the front endpapers and invites readers to share the experience of "traveling to the salad at the end of this book." Close-ups of the big-eyed protagonist dressed in a jaunty blue-and-white striped shirt, red neckerchief, and black beret dominate the book. The last pages reveal the light-skinned child from whose visual perspective the story unfolds. Soft-edged, cartoonish illustrations in watercolor humorously emphasize Escargot's confident worldview. The first-person text encourages reading aloud with a French accent: "Oh la la!...Escargot is magnifique! You can kiss me if you want." Desperate to be readers' favorite animal (he doesn't seem to be for anybody else), Escargot even manages to explain away the slime as "shimmery trails ofshimmery stuff." As Escargot slides past quiche and brie, the race is on to see who can reach the saladand that carrotfirst. An unusual, tongue-in-cheek aid to getting children to eat a disliked foodeven the dreaded carrot. (Picture Book. 4-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Say bonjour to your new favorite animal, the garden snail! Escargot, wearing a chic beret, is very proud of his gastropod features, but he's forlorn that no one picks snails for their favorite creature. While making his way across a picnic toward a tasty salad, the snail makes pleasant conversation with the reader. While we are traveling, we can talk. Tell me, what do you think is my most beautiful part? Over the course of the journey, Escargot makes a powerful case for the value of the common snail, from their slimy trails (more like shimmery trails of . . . shimmery stuff) to their supposedly shy natures (This is the face I make to scare a lion or a wild boar or a carrot that sneaks into my salad!) to their slow pace (A French snail likes to relax). In Hanson's soft, cartoonish illustrations, Escargot's hammy expressions are perfectly in keeping with his gently boastful narrative. Give this charming read-aloud a little extra joie de vivre by reading it in your best French accent.--Hunter, Sarah Copyright 2017 Booklist