Let's Eat Snails!

This charming book captures the Italian traditions that make its culture so special. Eating snails may seem icky to the uninitiated, but this book makes it sound exciting and adventurous! It also gently shows how we can learn from one another with the sharing of food and our family values.

* author of the award-winning I Love You This Much, Nonna and A Christmas Adventure in Little Italy *

Let’s Eat Snails! is a wonderful introduction not only to Italian cuisine, but to Italian culture—my culture. A must-read for those interested in expanding their understanding of different cultures, traditions, family, and food.

* author/illustrator of All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel and I Am a Story *

This book took me right back to my Italian-American childhood kitchen, where there was always something cooking that smelled delicious, especially at my grandparents' house. Will be a great classroom tool as there is so much to learn about Italian-American traditions including through the preparations made for eating snails.

* author of the Hopping to America series, Spaghetti and Meatballs: Growing up Italian, and The Christmas Feast: A Fishy Tale *

Let’s Eat Snails! is a delightful read that bridges cultures. It’s infused with interesting ingredients—a loving family, friendship, and great food—all of which offer a peek at Italian-American life.

* author of Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story *

Let’s Eat Snails! takes us on a culinary journey into the ancestral history of Italian food—and, specifically, to a dish that still rules in many Italian kitchens and gourmet restaurants. This wonderful little book should find a special place in children’s literature that celebrates cultural traditions in all their diversity.

* co-editor of The Milk of Almonds: Italian-American Women Writers on Food and Culture *

Bravissima! A terrific introduction to eating an unusual Italian dish.

* author of Adventures of an Italian Food Lover and Red, White, and Greens *

What a lovely tale, marvelously illustrated, full of family, love, tradition, and savory snails! I cannot recommend it highly enough.

* Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Islandborn, This Is How You Lose Her, and other boo