Meet Edie, who resides--permanently--at The Slidy Diner. She'd really like it if you would join her. With Edie as your guide you'll have no trouble avoiding the wigglepedes, and she'll steer you away from the pumpkin asparagus pie with crunchy-bit topping (nobody knows what the crunchy bits are).

In her first picturebook, author Laurel Snyder teams with artist Jaime Zollars to give readers the ultimate greasy spoon experience, and leaves them wondering: Do the creepy goings-on at The Slidy Diner really exist or are they the product of a lonely girl's imagination? Reviews ...for the child who thrives on weird and gross.--Richmond Parents Monthly Here's a diner well worth repeated visits-but steer clear of the chocolate milk.-Kirkus Reviews

"The Slidy Diner is one big health code violation: the proprietress wears a fly-covered sweater and 'smells like rotten grill grease,' the toilet is a cesspool, 'someone is usually running with scissors' and the sticky buns are scraped up off the floor. Even the people are ghoulish, with their flattened, oversize heads, blank eyes and doll-like bodies. Snyder, a debut picture book author and PW reviewer, and Zollars (Not in Room 204) serve up a wealth of Grand Guignol detail, beginning with the creepy premise: Edie, the narrator, claims she is held captive at the diner for stealing a lemon drop, and she gives a young patron the insider's tour of the joint. Most of the best jokes are visual: the poison label stuck onto a countertop; pet food tins stashed amid the staples; a slice of pie garnished as if with eyeballs. The gross-out crowd will eat this up. Ages 5 — 8." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Inside The Slidy Diner, everyone shouts and coughs. Clatter and Din! Hullabaloo!

In her first picture book, Snyder teams with artist Zollars to give readers the ultimate greasy spoon experience, and leaves them wondering: Do the creepy goings-on at The Slidy Diner really exist or are they the product of a lonely girl's imagination? Full color.

LAUREL SNYDER graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, then stole a lemon drop and ended up a waitress in a very greasy spoon. She has written three books for adults and has a middle-grade novel on the way. She lives with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.