The Snail and the Whale
Written by Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Macmillian Children’s Books
ISBN: 978-0-333-98224-2
Summary/back cover:
The sea snail slithered all over the rock and gazed at the sea and the ships and the dock. And as she gazed she sniffed and sighed. “The sea is deep and the world is wide! How I long to sail” said the tiny snail.
Review:
The book is a wonderful tail of a sea snail that catches a ride on a humpback whale and travels around the world to see new and wonderful things. This book flows like a song, which I find keeps kids interested for a lot longer. During their adventure the humpback whale gets confused by a boat race and gets beached in a small bay. The Tiny sea snail finds a way to save the giant humpback whale. Showing that no matter how small you are you are able to help others. At the end of the book all of the sea snail’s friends that made fun of him in the beginning, for wanting to do something different, see what a wonderful adventure he had and hop on the whale’s tail to go for an adventure themselves. This book is loved in our house and after the third time reading it is now a stable in our nightly reading routine. I love that it can open so many conversations about the world we live in. Even if they aren’t interested in the story the child can see the wonderful illustrations and talk about them.
The book is a wonderful tail of a sea snail that catches a ride on a humpback whale and travels around the world to see new and wonderful things. This book flows like a song, which I find keeps kids interested for a lot longer. During their adventure the humpback whale gets confused by a boat race and gets beached in a small bay. The Tiny sea snail finds a way to save the giant humpback whale. Showing that no matter how small you are you are able to help others. At the end of the book all of the sea snail’s friends that made fun of him in the beginning, for wanting to do something different, see what a wonderful adventure he had and hop on the whale’s tail to go for an adventure themselves. This book is loved in our house and after the third time reading it is now a stable in our nightly reading routine. I love that it can open so many conversations about the world we live in. Even if they aren’t interested in the story the child can see the wonderful illustrations and talk about them.
My rating - 5/5.
Review written by Tracy
Review written by Tracy
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