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April 11, 2025

NewSouth Books and Barbara Barcellona Smith were pleased to welcome a large student group from Churchill Academy in Montgomery for a program led by me, Barbara Barcellona Smith.

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Let's Eat Snails! Author Zoom Sessions

Teachers, Cultural Centers, Youth Organizations, Friends & Soon-to-be-Friends, Let me bring my fascinating culinary adventure, Let's Eat Snails!, "live" to your classroom or organization via Zoom! I am excited to read this story aloud followed by any combination of the following activities that you feel would enrich your needs.

A fun and engaging Q & A session designed to broaden kids' understanding about the culinary traditions of other cultures and the importance of being open-minded!!
A mini how-to write a book session!
Access to viewing my 30-minute author video showing kids not only picking, curing, and eating snails but catching lizards on a fishing pole!

Click on the video link down below for a two-minute author video promo! Visit my website, BarbaraBarcellonaSmith.com to learn more about this multi-cultural book and click "Contact" to reach me. I will provide a fun, interesting, unique & educational 60-90 minute session (to your needs) Zoomed to you for only $250! Let's expand our horizons together and Let's Eat Snails!

As you explore my website and read my latest book I hope you too will be inspired to try new things, sample the world and conquer your fears!

Feel free to contact me to speak to your school or group and in the meantime...

Happy Reading!

Barbara Barcellona Smith

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

Let's Eat Snails! by Barbara Barcellona Smith

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From the Author

“My children's book, Let's Eat Snails!, is a culinary adventure and a metaphor for life. It's about how the passion passed on by our parents accepted me and, first time I have studied many different things, tasted many different things, traveled many different places, taken risks out of life for family, heritage, renaissance as a mother, only to discover the world is a place of endless discovery!”

Publisher

“Let's Eat Snails! celebrates Italian-American culture through a story that brings the beloved Barcellona family home. Not ready to visit the Sicilian family in bringing to life the rich, wonderful traditions of culture, picking, and cooking snails to find that they are, in fact, delicious! This transforming tale from author Barcellona Smith is thoroughly delightful. Illustrated by the prolific Karen Lewis, Let's Eat Snails!recognizes our differences and the similarities that unite us.”

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"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.