Escargot, Dashka Slater
Escargot, Dashka Slater
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Escargot
Book 1

Author: Dashka Slater

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2021

Synopsis

Bonjour! Escargot is a beautiful French snail who wants only two things:1. To be your favorite animal.
2. To get to the delicious salad at the end of the book.But when he gets to the salad, he discovers that there's a carrot in it. And Escargot hates carrots. But when he finally tries one—with a little help from you!—he discovers that it's not so bad after all!A charming and interactive picture book ideal for picky eaters and animal lovers alike.

About Dashka Slater

Award-winning journalist Dashka Slater has written for such publications as The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Salon, and Mother Jones. Her New York Times-bestselling young-adult true crime narrative, The 57 Bus, has received numerous accolades, including the Stonewall Book Award, the California Book Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. It was a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist and an LA Times Book Award Finalist, in addition to receiving four starred reviews and being named to more than 20 separate lists of the year’s best books, including ones compiled by The Washington Post, the New York Public Library, and School Library Journal. In 2021, The 57 Bus was named to TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. The author of fifteen books of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults, Dashka teaches in Hamline University’s MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults program. She lives and writes in Oakland, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carmen on January 23, 2019

Bonjour! I see you are staring at me! I don't mind. My name is Escargot, and I am such a beautiful French snail that everybody stares at me. Right now, I am traveling to the salad at the end of this book. It is a beautiful salad, with croutons and a light vinaigrette. You should come! I just need a litt......more

Goodreads review by Calista on June 02, 2018

Je t'aime, J'adore. Dear reader, this book breaks the fourth wall using a snail as a French cliche to tell the joke. The snail is so cute and leaves shimmery trails behind him. He is racing you in the book. He talks to you the whole time. He wants to convince you he is worthy of your favorite animal......more

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt on October 23, 2020

Featured in grandma reads session. What a darling snail! I never would have thought to be so swept off my feet, and my crew, too. With his big black eyes, and his Frenchified ways, I found him irresistible. And all he wants is to be your favorite animal (instead of . . .perhaps, say, the earwig????).......more

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