Snail and Worm Again: Three Stories About Two Friends

by Tina Kügler

Overview

Snail and Worm are better than ever in this Geisel Honor title. Three comic shorts brimming with silly antics and friendship, for fans of Elephant and Piggy. By Geisel Honor winner Tina Kügler.

Geisel Award Honoree

The dynamic duo are back for more fun and giggles in three new comic shorts brimming with quirky humor and unflappable friendship. Follow Snail as he grows wings, finds a mirror (that looks suspiciously like a penny . . .), and overcomes insecurities regarding his shell—all with his faithful and funny friend Worm by his side.

At turns clever and sweet, this laugh-out-loud read is perfect for readers coming out of their own shells and making the transition between picture books and chapter books.

This beloved duo got their start in Snail and Worm, and complete their hat trick in Snail and Worm All Day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781328603937
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Series:	Snail and Worm Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	410,912
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Author-illustrator Tina Kügler lives in the Los Angeles area with her artist husband and three sons. When she is not making picture books, she can be found trying to befriend snails and worms in her backyard.
www.tinakugler.squarespace.com
Twitter: @tinatheatre
Instagram: @kuglertina

Editorial Reviews

"Themes of acceptance, self-love, and appreciation make this an excellent choice for early readers or a one-on-one storybook for older prereaders." —Booklist "The friends' banter is light and humorous, and their foibles and misunderstandings will provoke laughter as surely as the expressive, multimedia cartoon illustrations will." —Kirkus —

From the Publisher

2017-02-04
Three funny stories about two fast friends.Snail and Worm return in a second picture book about their friendship in this follow-up to Snail & Worm (2016). In the three short stories, they first fret over Snail's new wings (a feather that fell onto its shell); then they gaze in wonder at what they think is a mirror with their reflections (it's a penny with Lincoln's profile); and finally, Worm assures Snail that its shell is perfectly fine just the way it is. While some of the humor is predicated on readers knowing more than the characters do, the effect isn't mean-spirited. The friends' banter is light and humorous, and their foibles and misunderstandings will provoke laughter as surely as the expressive, multimedia cartoon illustrations will. Snail's eyestalks, in particular, work overtime to convey emotion. The text is conveyed entirely in dialogue, printed in color-coded type to distinguish the speaker; Snail's is brown, while Worm's is lavender. This device occasionally varies when the type is set against a dark color. Printing it in white renders it legible, but readers dependent on the color coding will need to work to use text placement to identify the speaker. This design foible marks the book for fairly sophisticated emergent readers. Again! Again! (Picture book/early reader. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews