With all of the fun, it does pull kids into thought without them ever realizing it, and might inspire them to adopt a slug of their own. It's great for those who adore silliness and, especially, those with a short attention span—a real plus for younger listeners. Then a bird was going to attack the snails and Norman, but the bird actually preferred the donut instead of Norman!

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. We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use. I would use this in my class to get students excited about reading and to talk about not always having to fit in. 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. The bright and eye catching illustrations along with the humour are the best parts of the book and very appealing for the children.The children loved seeing all of the silly shells Norman found and sharing what they thought of them. 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. Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in.

Use Pritt sticks so the they can be taken home immediately without worrying too much about the thing disintegrating withint five minutes. The illustrations are rather colorful with bright and vivid colors for the myriad of shells depicted. PATTERNS AND LINES Norman, a bright orange slug tries to find a shell so that he can join the smiling snails in their play.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. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. All in all, Norman: The Slug With The Silly Shell is a wonderfully silly children's book that lightly touches on conformity, being accepted, and finding one's talent – if one looks really closely. 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.

The fabulous new character from Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet , the bestselling, award-winning creators of Barry the Fish with Fingers , I Need a Wee and Supertato! However, I'm sure that most kids will enjoy the illustrations even if they think the story is boring. Kids will laugh out loud at Norman’s crazy antics as he goes to hilarious lengths to find a shell of his own.With similarly bold illustration, eye-catching cover and simple text [as Barry the Fish with Fingers] this has the potential to be another hit. I recommend the book to my friends and I think that the people who would like it the best would be my friends because they laugh a lot. we had a super busy day today, but managed to find a few minutes for miss4 and I to talk about different types of lines.