Marylou and Herbie, two garden slugs, write love poems in slime to one another but have trouble actually meeting.

Doug the slug is looking for a hug and soon finds there is a friend for everyone.

Mama Slug teaches Little Slug how to read.

Breakfast? Slug JuiceSlug soup's great for lunchFry 'em like potatoesLove the way they crunch David Greenberg's slugs are not your garden variety vermin. These slugs can be served for breakfast, mailed in an envelope, walked on a leash, and used as a rag for household chores. It's all fun and games until the tables turn. Find out what happens when the lowly slug gets it's revenge in this hilarious, subversive picture book that the New York Times called, "An atrociously funny guide back geared to churn your intestines."

When it begins to bug Slug that his mom doesn't hug him, he leaves home to find out why. Kitten suggests he should be furrier, so he puts on a woolly hat while Bird suggests he needs a beak. Soon, Slug has a new look. Will his mom hug him now?

"Stop!" screamed a sparrow. "Save him!" shrieked a spider. "Silly," sighed a swallowtail. Smirking and self-important, the slug keeps slithering his way up a highly suspect slope. Will the slug stop? Are the sparrow, the spider, and the swallowtail simply trying to sabotage the slug's progress? Why is everyone screaming at the slug? Pamela Duncan Edwards and Henry Cole have created another alliterative tale that will have children snorting out loud at the surprise ending for this very smug slug.

Norman, a slug who wants to be a snail, is determined to find something that will work as a shell.