Snail & Worm Again: Three Stories About Two Friends

by Tina Kügler

Overview

A trio of “cheerfully screwy stories . . . delivers a steady stream of laughs” in this Geisel Honor Winner from the author of the Fox Tails books (Publishers Weekly).
 
In this silly sequel to Snail and Worm, the dynamic duo are back for more fun and giggles in three new comic shorts brimming with quirky humor and unflappable friendship. At turns clever and sweet, these laugh-out-loud stories are perfect for readers coming out of their own shells and making the transition between picture books and chapter books.
 
“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 Reviews

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781328809483
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	06/11/2020
Series:	Snail and Worm Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	370L (what's this?)
File size:	56 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
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