The Snail and the Whale

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Together they set off on a fantastic journey, passing frozen icebergs and fiery volcanoes and meeting all sorts of sea animals on the way, until the tiny snail finds himself oppressed by the vastness of the world. He moved to England in 1982 to study illustration at the Bath Academy of Art, and then set up home in London.

The story illustrates many important qualities such as friendship and the importance of helping others where possible while it also shows that there are no boundaries in friendship as we all come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Then when the whale get confused by noisy motorboats zooming on the surface, he loses his way in the shallows and ends up beached in an isolated bay.The music is supplied by French composer and musician Rene Aubry, [4] and the animation was provided by Triggerfish Animation Studios. I have to admit I'm normally sort of allergic to children's books that rhyme, because so many children's books handle verse poorly and because, when I read books that rhyme, my brain has trouble turning off the impulse to judge them as poetry and keeps piping up with nitpicks like, "'Golden'?

I also like how the moral isn't "The whale got beached, so the risk-averse snail flock was right all along" but, rather, "Risk-taking individualist thinking is worth it, even if there are occasional failures along the way. The poetry is playful, but also has a certain driving quality that makes it rare among children's books. The rest of the flock are not so enthusiastic about the idea but one day the snail meets up with a whale that invites her to join him as they travel the world.I found my nursery class on SEB absolutely adored this book and I ended up reading it to at least 2 of them in the book corner every day!

The whale who is passing by offers the snail a chance of adventure and together they set sail seeing: towering icebergs; far off land; huge waves; the enormous sky and so on. When they went underwater the snail was still safe and she was much admired by passing stripy fish and sharks with hideous grins. THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to travel the world.A humpback whale, immensely long, Who sang to the snail a wonderful song Of shimmering ice and coral caves And shooting stars and enormous waves. She then decided that she should take action and so she left a silvery trail on the side of the rock that stated, 'Lift wanted around the world'.