The Snail and the Whale - Julia Donaldson

Book Details Published by Macmillan in 2004 32 pages Available in both soft and hardback Age Suitability 3-5years (see my comments in general opinion) Synopsis This is the story of a tiny snail who longs to explore the great wild world someday, so he hitches a ride with a friendly whale. Together, the two of them have numerous adventures throughout their wonderful journey. The two of them travel across the world coming across no end of exciting new things such as volcanoes, and icebergs. They also meet a number of friends along the way including cute little penguins and great big sharks. The moral of the story (there ...

The Snail and the Whale - Julia Donaldson This is another classic Julia Donaldson book that is illustrated by Axel Sheffler. It is 16 pages long and costs £5.99, published by Macmillan. It is a story of a snail who dreams of far away places and just can't get over his 'itchy foot'. He finds a whale that will take him to places he's never seen or dreamed of and everything is going well until disaster happens... will the snail be able to save the whale? It is written in the familiar style of many of her other books with a gentle rhyming text that just wills you to read on and on and on. The snail and the Whale is also available on audio ...

As say the opening lines of this wonderful book: This is the tale of a tiny snail. And a great big, grey-blue humpback whale...... I think most people are aware of the Gruffalo, especially those with children, but for those who need a little introduction, The Gruffalo is the book which shot Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler to fame back in March 1999. Julia's beautiful, flowing words were accompanied by Axels stunning, colourful and exciting illustrations. After reading The Gruffalo (a few million times, I can recite it word for word) I didn't honestly believe I would find my son a book that would captivate him as much. Since then we have read the ...