Spreckle's Snack Surprise

Ages 4 to 8, Grades P to 3

A celebration of found family, experimentation, disappointment, and delightful surprises, plus what’s truly important in life—delicious snacks.

Spreckle the dragon lives on a farm with her loving family of chickens. It is a fine home, but she is fed up with their diet of dried corn and slugs, Spreckle explores the bounty of snacks the farm has to offer, from hay to pig slop. Tragically, nothing hits the spot.

Life without a decent snack is hardly a life at all, as far as Spreckle is concerned. Will this hungry dragon with a burning need for the perfect snack ever find satisfaction?

About the Author

The author-illustrator of The Best Friend in the Whole World, Sandra Salsbury received the 2018 SCBWI Don Freeman Illustration Grant. She has a BFA and MFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and lives in Berkeley, California, where she cares for numerous house plants and a software engineer. She enjoys hiking, snooping at open houses, and telling people what to do on the internet.

Author Residence: Berkeley, California

Author Hometown: Woodside, California