Snails Are Just My Speed! by Kevin McCloskey
Why do snails have shells? Just how small is the smallest snail? And why do snails move soooo sloooooowly? (Spoiler alert: mucus is involved!) Kevin McCloskey reveals all sorts Snails Are Just My Speed! (TOON, $12.95), the latest installment in his Giggle and Learn series of fact-fi lled and fun early graphic novels. McCloskey skillfully combines fascinating scientifi c information with his trademark of astounding gastropod facts in cartoon art and irreverent humor in a book that will delight and challenge budding naturalists. Ages 6-8.