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Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

Things About Me

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**NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE**

Join little Marcel the Shell with shoes and a big heart on his first picture book adventure! From the brilliant minds of comedian and actress Jenny Slate and writer and director Dean Fleischer-Camp comes the utterly charming, impossibly small, lovable mollusk marvel.

Beloved online sensation, classic picture book character and now the star of a major motion picture, Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence. He wears a lentil as a hat and hang-glides on a Dorito, and though he may be small, he knows he has a lot of good qualities like his pretty awesome imagination.

Marcel’s millions of fans and young readers can learn more about this adorable creature and his wonderfully peculiar world in his literary debut.

“Marcel the Shell is a mollusk on the rise.” — People
“We basically can’t get enough Marcel–ever.” — Glamour
“Our favorite anthropomorphic shell.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Delightful.” — TIME
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About the Author

Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate is a writer, comedian, and actress. She and Dean Fleischer-Camp created the short film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On in the late summer of 2010. It screened at film festivals all over the world, including Sundance and the New York International Children's Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards. It subsequently became a viral sensation, garnering more than 20 million views on YouTube. Their first picture book, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: Things About Me, was a New York Times bestseller. Slate has appeared in numerous films and TV programs, including Obvious Child, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation, and Zootopia. More by Jenny Slate
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About the Author

Dean Fleischer-Camp
Dean Fleischer-Camp is an award-winning writer, director and editor. Since appearing on Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2011, Fleischer-Camp’s work has been profiled in virtually every major American media outlet. In 2018, his first feature FRAUD was released to widespread controversy and acclaim, described as a "brilliantly provocative” (Filmmaker) and “exhilarating” (Sight+Sound) “masterwork” (Documentary Magazine) that “pushes the boundaries of documentary” (Variety). He is currently directing a feature-length adaptation of MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, starring Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini and Rosa Salazar. He has directed commercial content for Comedy Central, HBO, Pop-Tarts, Maltesers, Atlassian, Clearasil and many others. He lives in California with his very good dog, Arthur. More by Dean Fleischer-Camp
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