Necks Out for Adventure!: The True Story of Edwin Wiggleskin Book

What if a tiny wiggleskin dared to leave his shell and stick his neck out? A warm, whimsical tale from the illustrator of THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX.

For as long as anyone could remember, the wiggleskins have lived by a simple rule: Necks out to eat, and necks in to hide. But then comes the dreadful day when all the wiggleskins are ripped from their holes and taken away — all but a brave little wiggleskin named Edwin. To save his mom and the rest of the clan, Edwin must shuck his shell and adopt a new rule: Necks out for adventure! Timothy Basil Ering’s boisterous and warmhearted adventure will have you cheering for Edwin — and for plucky souls everywhere who dare stick their necks out.

The Washington Post - Elizabeth Ward

…[Ering] tells and shows the story of a funny-looking undersea creature who dares to defy his mud-dwelling clan's rule…Ering is fond of Roald Dahl-like neologisms (hornly scratchers and scrintalberry leaves, anyone?), and his wiggleskins have the dashed-off, loopy look favored by Dahl's regular illustrator, Quentin Blake. But his olive and aquamarine seas and sun-washed beaches are the work of a born landscape artist.