Showing posts with label Snails - Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snails - Fiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Sylvia

Summary: Sylvia Snail is in love with Simon Green and his luscious lettuce, choice cucumbers and buttery beans. But Sylvia is just a small snail in a gigantic garden, how can she get him to notice her? A succulent tale about Sylvia Snail and her glittering trail set on the garden path

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Watch Out, Snail

New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator
Includes some Maori text
Summary: In the New Zealand bush, a native Powelliphanta snail must escape from a variety of predators, including a possum, a hedgehog and a wild pig. Includes factual information on Powelliphanta and New Zealand wildlife, and an English-to-Maori glossary

New Zealand Book Award Finalist 2014

Thursday, 17 October 2013

The Snail and the Whale

Summary: Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on the tail of a humpback whale. Together they travel the oceans, visiting places all over the world, until one day the whale becomes stranded in a bay and it’s the snails turn to ensure the whale gets rescued. Suggested level: junior, primary.