A review by ashlylynne
The Slug by Elise Gravel

4.0

I received a free copy of this book through Goodreads Firstreads Giveaways. This is a children’s book that is part of a series called Disgusting Critters that looks at critters children tend to look at as gross or, as the title says, disgusting and paints them in a positive light to show why they are necessary and what they do that’s positive for the environment we live in. This book in the series is about the slug and puts a nice twist on how we usually view these critters through a nice story and pretty illustrations.

There really isn’t too much to say about this book, since it was a simple children’s book and doesn’t have too much to analyze. So first, the writing. Honestly, I probably would have only rated this three starts if it wasn’t for the beautiful illustrations and how nicely it was all put together with an artistic viewpoint, but that bumped it up to four stars. The writing wasn’t awful and the story was decent, but it was a little lacking. I felt like even a few more pages would have made this book completely worthy of the four-star rating that I decided to give it. But, overall, it’s a nice story that children can enjoy while learning something about slugs.

The illustrations are very handsome and superbly placed in this book. That was the first thing I noticed about this book when I took it out of the packaging. The first thing I said was wow this is a really pretty book. The cover is pretty, the illustrations are pretty, the inside covers are pretty, and the way the writing is written is pretty. This is a colorful book, another reason that children are sure to love this, and the colors help to warm the slug’s appearance even more. This book is probably worth the read even if just for the pictures.

That’s about all I have to say about this short little book. I’m sure kids would find this book amusing and fun and would definitely learn something if they were to pick up this book. I have not read the other books in this series (The Rat, Head Lice, The Fly, and The Spider) but, if given the chance or if I came across them, I wouldn’t hesitate to check them out and give them a read. Overall, this book is worth it to check out and would be a nice, education, beautifully illustrated read for a child.

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