Slugs in Love

This book is just too adorable - both the story and the illustrations. My 5 year old daughter loves this book and so do I. It ends a bit abruptly, but other than that it's perfect.

This is a wonderful story. I am a librarian and I read this story to every grade level from K-fifth grades and my students adore it. It is such a tender love story and the illustrations are delightful. The text makes all of us laugh, and the frustrations of the slugs unable to find one another has all of us on the edge of our seats hoping for a happy finale. I love this book!

When my 6 year old and I were hunting Valentine's Day books in the bookstore, I overlooked this one, because I thought -- how interesting can a book be about slugs. But my daughter read it and said, mom, this is a great one, you read it too! I'm so glad I did... There are so many children's books about valentine's cards and parental love for Valentine's Day, but so few that can be appropriate about actually falling in love in the couple sort of way. This book has managed to do this in a totally adorable and appropriate way for young children. The slugs are so cute -- Marylou falls for Herbie, but is too shy to tell him so she writes him love poems (so cute!) with her slime trail (adorable!) around the garden. He wants to meet her but can't seem to find out who or where she is, and tries to write back, but his poems keep being destroyed or missed by MaryLou, who thinks he doesn't return her affections, but keeps on writing to him, hoping. When they finally connect, it is so sweet, and they live happily ever after! The illustrations are completely lovely -- who would have thought that slugs and their slime trails could be cute! I totally want this book to read over and over with my girls and will be dropping heavy hints to relatives for Valentine's Day!

An adorable story of love and patience about two slugs who leave messages everywhere in the garden until fate finally unites them.

Ages 4-8 will find this a fun story of love despite slime: slug Marylou loves everything about Herbie - but she's a shy slug and can't get him to notice her. Her poetic attempts simply wash away: is their romance doomed? Kevin O'Malley's lovely drawings accent the simple tale of affection and miscommunication.