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    Snails in Space: The Adventures of Gale the Snail | Dedicated Review

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    Snails in Space: The Adventures of Gale the Snail

    Created by Mendy Nelson Williams and Ashley Madni

    Illustrated by Mendy Nelson Williams

    Ages 4+ | 21 pages

    Publisher: Mendy Nelson | ISBN-13: 9780578270586

    What to Expect: Rhyme, Space Adventure, Bright Graphic Illustrations

    Snails in Space: The Adventures of Gale the Snail is a delightful picture book based on an actual NASA study author Ashley Madni had the pleasure to work on. It has been brought to life by the mother-daughter team Mendy Nelson Williams and Ashley Madni.

    Gale, a snail named in honor of the most famous crater on Mars, desires to travel beyond her pond and find a way to be helpful. She packs her belongings and heads to California to volunteer to travel to outer space. After much training Gale and her friends reach the International Space Station, where Gale can realize her true calling of helping. And in doing so, she grasps just how vast the universe is.

    Written in amusing four-line stanzas with rhyming text that bounces along, combined with the bright, vibrant, digitally designed illustrations from Mendy Nelson Williams, Snails in Space works well for a read-aloud with a younger audience. Little eyes will be drawn to Gale’s adventures as they explore the bold colors, lines, and shapes on the pages.

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    While geared toward younger children, Snails in Space: The Adventures of Gale the Snail is an entertaining read-aloud sure to delight readers of all ages. Space-loving kids will find this book to be especially fun and enjoyable to read again and again. 

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    About the Author

    Mendy Williams graduated with a degree in Commercial Design from the University of Tulsa. For thirteen years, as a Creative Director, Art Director, and Graphic Designer for a key advertising agency in the Midwest, she handled both national and global accounts. She went on to become a freelance graphic designer to be able to spend more time with her daughter, Ashley.

    Throughout Ashley’s life growing up, Mendy spent significant time on art and craft projects such as scrapbooking, painting, restoring miniature dollhouses, creating miniature oil paintings, and helping Ashley to excel in her school art projects. Mendy has already published a successful children’s book in 2021 called “What Time’s The Next Color?” It is a unique and colorful tale to help school-age children better understand the concept of the color wheel. Inspired by Ashley’s internship research with NASA on snails orbiting the earth, Mendy wrote and illustrated “Snails in Space”. Her hope is that this book will inspire little ones to follow their dreams and accomplish extraordinary goals.

    For more information, visit https://snailsinspace.com/.

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    Dedicated Reviews allow authors and illustrators to gain prompt visibility for their work. This is a sponsored*, non-biased review of Snails in Space: The Adventures of Gale the Snail, by Mendy Nelson Williams. Learn more about getting a book review …

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