Award-winning author Dashka Slater and former Pixar animator Sydney Hanson pair up to present Escargot: a picky French snail who learns to try new things—on a plate and on a page—in these charming and quirky interactive picture books that are ideal for reading aloud.
Escargot
Dashka Slater; illustrated by Sydney Hanson
FSG Books for Young Readers
In this standalone sequel to Escargot,written by award-winning author Dashka Slater, we follow a funny and charming French snail through a library to find the book of his dreams.
Dashka Slater is the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus, which won the Stonewall Book Award and was a YALSA nonfiction finalist. Her fiction includes The Book of Fatal Errors which was an Amazon Best book of the Month, the picture book Escargot, which won the Wanda Gag Book Award; Baby Shoes; The Antlered Ship, which was a Junior Library Guild Selection and received four starred reviews; and Dangerously Ever After. She is also an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, The New York Times Magazine, and Mother Jones. She lives in California. dashkaslater.com
Sydney Hanson was raised in Minnesota alongside numerous pets and brothers. In addition to her traditional illustrations, Sydney is an experienced 2D and 3D production artist and has worked for several animation shops, including Nickelodeon and Disney Interactive. In her spare time she enjoys traveling and spending time outside with her adopted brother, a Labrador retriever named Cash. She is the illustrator of the Unicorn Princesses series and the picture book, Next to You. Sydney lives in Los Angeles. www.sydwiki.tumblr.com