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| The Snail and the Whale | 
| Author: Julia Donaldson
Creator: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
Buy New: $2.96
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 2863
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 9.5 x 0.2
ISBN: 0142405809
EAN: 9780142405802
ASIN: 0142405809
Publication Date: April 6, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
Cute and Funny and Happy February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My youngest grandson loved this book. Very well written with exciting parts for young children and a good story line. 5 star rating well deserved.
Lovely story! February 7, 2008
We have several books by Julia Donaldson. Mostly they have been translated into Hebrew as we live in Israel and my kids are bilingual. But The Snail and the Whale is one of the few we have in English....and I'm so happy that we do! I love this story. I've read it to my kids so many times, I think I could recite it verbatim from start to finish - yet we never tire of it. Ms Donaldson has such a magical way with words that truly engages the kids and yet there's always a message in her books without ever sounding even remotely preachy. And true to form, the tiny snail in this story teaches us a great big lesson about bravery, self-worth and friendship.
One of the best children's books. January 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My children and I love this book. All Julia Donaldson's stuff is great.
This book and "Room on the broom" are not to miss. Great rhymes, beautiful pictures, kind-hearted story, "The whale and the snale" has it all.
Probably my favorite children's book- ever! January 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I grew up with Dr. Seuss, Where the Wild Things Are, the Mr. Men, and Goodnight Moon. But when I picked up this gem at a gift shop in Pitlochry, Scotland, last summer, I immediately fell in love with the stunning drawings and moving story, told in impeccable rhyme and meter. I love that it shows children that there is a world beyond their own, where strange and wonderful creatures live. My son will be two next month, and this has been one of his favorite books for several months now. He'll ask for it several times a day, and, unlike all of his other books, I never tire of reading it to him.
I hope Donaldsons other books are as good, because my son will be receiving several of them for his birthday!
gorgeous, whimsical, lyrical and fun November 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Utterly and completely enjoyable. I have been a big fan of Julia Donaldson since finding Room on the Broom. This one doesn't disappoint. It is the story of a Snail who decides that it wants to see the world, and the whale which picks it up - and where they travel too.
Beautiful meter in the lines, as with all Donaldson's books, but in this there is definitely something whimsical in the words - it is so beautifully written, but with great good humour.
The illustrations are amazing (as with all Shaeffers (sp??) work. I liked the little touches to the pictures, the boat next to the Snail in the first picture is the Spirit of Glasgow, which is Donaldson's hometown. Very fun and nice book which my children really enjoy too.
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