Pub Date: April 14, 2026
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 06
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 9.22" L x 10.26" W ( 0.62 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime and Dreams | Animals | Insects Spiders etc | Humorous Stories
Series: Escargot
Description: In this perfect bedtime read, a cute French snail hosts a pajama party in this laugh-out-loud fifth picture book in the bestselling Escargot series.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes:
An Instant Indie Bestseller! Debuted at #8 on the Indie Bestseller List
"Escargot is cuteness incarnate, while Slater's peppy narration is a delight . . . Magnifique! An ideal choice to share before a child's first sleepover." --Kirkus Reviews Praise for the Escargot Series: