Bob the Vampire Snail
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
In this hilarious and heartwarming picture book, join Bob the vampire snail as he embraces his unique love of tomatoes, discovers new and peculiar sleeping talents, and forms an unexpected friendship.
"A work that young readers can sink their teeth into." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Did you know all snails are named Bob? It's a fact! And this is the story of one of those Bobs and the night his life changed forever. First, he heard a SCREAM... then a C-R-A-C-K... and then he felt a drip, drip, drip... and then, poof! He was a vampire snail.
Fangs? Check. No reflection? Check. Wings? You bet. And so Bob, now very different from all the other Bobs, sets out to live life as a vampire snail, discovering his knack for sleeping upside down and his taste for tomatoes. He's alone in his vampire-ness, until one day Bob meets someone very similar....
Endearing and laugh-out-loud funny, this is a story about individuality, friendship, and tomatoes, as only beloved creator Andrea Zuill can tell it.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Something going "THUD!" in the night has turned the once-ordinary snail protagonist of this picture book into a vampire—he gains not only wings but fangs, too: "Bob was fairly certain they were new," Zuill writes, instantly connecting with many young readers' appreciation for the absurd. It's gothic goofiness as Bob—whose googly eyestalks speak volumes—now finds he no longer fits into the snail community. But vampirism has perks: Bob develops spunk, savors bloodred tomatoes, and chugs through the air unleashing an impressive "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA." And when he encounters a similarly transformed worm—sporting a mini Dracula cape—the snail fully embraces the creatures' dual destiny. Bob's journey from basic gastropod to bat-like Nosferatu, delivered with Mad magazine–worthy laughs, is a work that young readers can sink their teeth into. Ages 4–8.
