Marcel the Shell

Should I be embarrassed to love a picture book that's a spinoff of a viral YouTube video? (Actually a sequel to a spinoff.) Because I'm not. Marcel's quirky, squeaky sweetness survives its translation to the page, and might even improve, with subtle, offhand gags, notes of tenderness, and a story that's just surprising enough to be believable as part of a little shell's everyday life. (Ages 2 and up)