Norman the Slug with a Silly Shell: A laugh-out-loud picture book from the creators of Supertato!

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The cover on this one is an eye-catcher and lures kids (and parents) attention right away, not only thanks to the glittery foil, but a doughnut as a shell is simply fantastic. They made up a story about a fish with fingers and then a slug with a doughnut for a shell, and now no one can stop them from writing more and more frankly ridiculous books. The illustrations are rather colorful with bright and vivid colors for the myriad of shells depicted. They went on to create many bestselling books together, working in a small room in their house in Brighton. However, I'm sure that most kids will enjoy the illustrations even if they think the story is boring.

Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Use Pritt sticks so the they can be taken home immediately without worrying too much about the thing disintegrating withint five minutes. Paul Linnet was born in Brighton and grew up in the Midlands, reading Tintin and playing classic 80s video games, before becoming obsessed with scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles.After the encounter ends in clumsy disaster—at first, it wasn't clear what exactly happened, which caused a bit of a stumble until some thinking and flipping between those first two pages finally let enlightenment strike—the fun begins. The surprisingly non-harrowing experience has made him eager now to take to the air, so he somehow turns a pair of underpants into a stiff glider. The ending will either leave a reader thinking, dreaming or simply saying 'huh' and wondering what just hit them. The bright and eye catching illustrations along with the humour are the best parts of the book and very appealing for the children.

The story reminded me very much of the No-Bot stories and has a similar storyline to other books of this authors but it is still fun to read and I'm sure the children will request it again many times. In 2006 she met Paul Linnet and could instantly see that she'd met a fellow nitwit who liked talking nonsense. After failed experiments with a tennis ball, an apple, and an alarm clock tied on his back, he straps himself beneath a discarded doughnut. Young readers will fall into the story immediately and bounce from situation to situation without the slightest bit of pause. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

It's great for those who adore silliness and, especially, those with a short attention span—a real plus for younger listeners. They found some things silly like the clock but it was great to talk about why they thought these things wouldn't work and what they thought might work.