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  • Published: 1 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9781101558768
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 42

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Things About Me




**NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE**

Join little Marcel the Shell with shoes and a big heart on his first picture book adventure! From the brilliant minds of comedian and actress Jenny Slate and writer and director Dean Fleischer-Camp comes the utterly charming, impossibly small, lovable mollusk marvel.

Beloved online sensation, classic picture book character and now the star of a major motion picture, Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence. He wears a lentil as a hat and hang-glides on a Dorito, and though he may be small, he knows he has a lot of good qualities like his pretty awesome imagination.

Marcel’s millions of fans and young readers can learn more about this adorable creature and his wonderfully peculiar world in his literary debut.

“Marcel the Shell is a mollusk on the rise.” — People
“We basically can’t get enough Marcel–ever.” — Glamour
“Our favorite anthropomorphic shell.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Delightful.” — TIME

  • Published: 1 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9781101558768
  • Imprint: PEN US eBook Childrens
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 42

About the authors

Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate is a writer, comedian, and actress. She and Dean Fleischer-Camp created the short film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On in the late summer of 2010. It screened at film festivals all over the world, including Sundance and the New York International Children's Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards. It subsequently became a viral sensation, garnering more than 20 million views on YouTube. Their first picture book, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: Things About Me, was a New York Times bestseller. Slate has appeared in numerous films and TV programs, including Obvious Child, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, and Zootopia.