First Look: Marcel The Shell&#39;s First Children&#39;s Book
Marcel The Shell is making the leap from overnight viral
sensation to the subject of a new children's book, Marcel The
Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me (on sale November 1). We
spoke to Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp, authors of the
book and creators of Marcel, and found out that there as so many
more things we've yet to learn about the little shell. And we've
also got ten lovely pages from the book.  Click through to the
gallery to view exclusive spreads from the book and to read our
interview with Jenny and Dean!   Jezebel: Marcel The Shell's
debut was an extremely successful viral video, racking up over
11 million hits on YouTube. What made you decide that the
character would make for a good book?  Dean Fleischer-Camp:
Well, Jenny and I both have a real love for children's
literature; we actually read a lot of kids books. We always
wanted to do something with children's literature. We did not
make Marcel specifically for kids, but once