One in a series of humorous books about disgusting creatures, The Slug is a look at the land slug. It covers such topics as the slug’s two pairs of tentacles, one pair for seeing, one pair for smelling (it can see you’re a kid and smell like broccoli), its breathing hole (on the side of its head!), and its pretty gross mucous covering (in order to find a partner, the slug can follow another slug’s mucous trail. True love!). Although silly and off-the-wall, The Slug contains real information that will tie in with curriculum.

• ISBN: 9781770496552
• Author: Gravel, Elise
• Illustrator: Gravel, Elise
• Published: 2014 , Tundra Books
• Themes: Insects
• Descriptors: Canada, Information Book, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32