What's in A Shell? Tiny Tales: Shell Quest by Steve Waldo

This squishy little critter is lost and alone!

"GOSH, THIS BACKYARD IS BIG. WHERE IS EVERYONE?

She follows some voices through the grass. Scoot Scoot!

"WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS ON THEIR BACKS? WHY DON'T I HAVE ONE?"

The critters she sees look like her--with two antennas out in front, but they have big round things on their backs. Evidently she has got to have one of whatever that is on her back. Spying an acorn shell, she pops it on her back. It fits!

"THEY ARE SHELLS. ALL SNAILS HAVE THEM. IF YOU HAVE GOT ONE, YOU CAN PLAY WITH US!" SAY HER NEW FRIENDS!

But keeping a shell in place has its problems! BONK! A falling acorn knocks it off. She promises to find a substitute ASAP!

"COME BACK WHEN YOU DO!" THEY SAY.

But finding a substitute shell is not easy. A thimble is a really bad fit! Will she ever fit in and find a friend?

But a lucky rainstorm washes her into a hollow log, where she spies some creatures who look like her but DO NOT have hards shells on their backs.

"WHERE IS YOUR SHELL?" SHE ASKS.

"WE DON'T HAVE ONE! WE ARE SLUGS! "HER NEW ACQUAINTANCE SAYS.

"I'VE GOT YOUR BACK!"

Our little lost mollusk finds her place in the world at last in Harper Publishing's new easy reading series, I Can Read Comics, in Steve Waldo's Tiny Tales: Shell Quest (I Can Read Comics Level 3) (Harper Alley, 2021), in a story of finding a sense of belonging in the world of mollusks, a fascinating group of animals on their own, in an attractive comic book format for beginning readers. Share this new format for emergent readers with Tiny Tales: A Feast for Friends (I Can Read Comics Level 3).