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Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Snails are known as one of the slowest animals on Earth. That doesn't stop people from raising them. Young readers will learn the ins and outs of raising snails in this guidebook, which features detailed, full-color photographs. The manageable text illustrates the basic life science concepts necessary to raise snails in a farm setting, and details the economic impact that snail farming has on our economy"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
TOON Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Did you know snails build roads like engineers and go undercover in camouflage like spies? Did you know they can be smaller than a seed or bigger than a grown-up's hand? [This book] mixes snail science, art, and hilarity [to answer these questions]"--Amazon.com.
4) Slimy Snails
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Explore the unique aspects of snails, including their body parts and structure, their habitat and how it supports them, their diet, and what all that slime is used for. Captions pair with the book's images to point out key visual details to readers, and chapter headings assist readers in locating information and main ideas. Readers will also find text features for further information such as a labeled photo diagram, glossary, and index.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the creative force behind Circle Under Berry comes a deceptively simple picture book exploring sorting, comparatives, and quantifiers that teases the brain, twists expectations, and teaches basic ideas in unusual ways. A page-turner for first-time page-turners, this kaleidoscopic compendium shows young readers the infinite variability of perspective inherent in even our foundational concepts"--
Publisher
Nutmeg Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Includes: Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails (2008, discover the hidden patterns and shapes in nature. Children explore the hexagonal cells of a beehive, the lacy lines of a spider's web, the intricate design of a spiral shell, and much more. Includes New Angles on the Animals that provides additional information.) and Birdsongs (2007, get to know birds and numbers. Hear the authentic calls of gulls, chickadees, robins, and many others. Includes feathery...
10) Snail crossing
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Determined to make his way to a plump, crisp cabbage across the road, Snail risks speeding cars and hungry crows during a long and slow journey, before getting lost while helping a crew of ants escape a rainstorm.
11) Escargot
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Escargot is a beautiful French snail who only wants to be your favorite animal and get to the delicious salad at the end of the book, even if he has to try a carrot, which he hates.
Author
Publisher
Harmony/Rodale
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
It all started with Nathanael Johnson’s decision to teach his daughter the name of every tree they passed on their walk to day care in San Francisco. This project turned into a quest to discover the secrets of the neighborhood’s flora and fauna, and yielded more than names and trivia: Johnson developed a relationship with his nonhuman neighbors.
Johnson argues that learning to see the world afresh, like a child, shifts the way we think...
Johnson argues that learning to see the world afresh, like a child, shifts the way we think...
Author
Publisher
Albatros, an imprint of Albatros Media Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Most animals have a place they call home. But what do you do when you don't have a clue where that place is? This is exactly what happened to one helpless little snail who decided to find his perfect home. What do you think it will look like? Will anyone take him in? The snail learns what kind of dwellings wasps build for themselves, what it is like for the mole to live underground, and which animals build nests. And he finds that perhaps, while...
16) When whales fly
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Whale wants to fly, and Snail offers to teach her, but Quail insists that whales can not fly.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After a long winter spent indoors, adorable French snail Escargot ventures out into the world, searching for signs of spring, and meets a fluffy white bunny along the way, in this delightful tale of unlikely friendship"--
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Celebrating science and the poetry of existence, this is a true story about time and chance, genetics and gender, love and death--all made more accessible to the young imagination in the concrete, finite life of one tiny snail named Jeremy.
20) Sorry, snail
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A girl takes out her anger on an innocent snail, who, in turn, seeks a sincere apology.
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