The Adventures of Snail at School

We're on our second copy of this book because the first one literally fell apart from being read so often. The three stories are very funny and the artwork's lovely. You'll likely find your kids are memorizing the stories in short order -- which of course means no shortcuts as you're reading! We've piles of books for our two children and this one's perhaps one of the top five favorites.

Snail's teacher can't figure out what is going on with snail. In each of the 3 chapter's snail shows he has quit an imagination or does it really happen. This is a great book to read to young children 3 and 4 years old or to have your 5 to 7 year old read to you. It will keep a girl's or boy's interested. I have read this book to many children and they have all enjoyed the snails adventures in the hallway at his school. And that frustrated teacher.

My son is only 4, but is an advanced reader/listener. He really enjoys the book. Initially I got it for him because he was interested in snails, but I think he likes the school aspect, and the three different adventures in the book (his first chapter book). If this book was part of a series I would definitly try others. I also found some of the dialogs and illustration to be amusing for adults as well.

This book made me laugh out loud, and my six year old still talks about the stories in it. The stories and pictures work together to get beginning readers to want to keep on reading. My son was especially excited because he could read a real chapter book, just like big brother. I wish there were more Snail books like this one!

There are 3 stories in this 64 page book, illustrated with large, colorful, interesting pictures. All the stories involve a little snail at school and how he/she engages in fantasy play. Or is reality and not fantasy, or a bit of both? Read it and you be the judge. In every adventure Snail must grapple with Mrs. Harvey the teacher, who likewise must grapple with snail's adventures, and whether they are real or imagined. Mrs Harvey never seems to push the point of how much of snail's adventures are real. As she is about to ask snail, she restrains herself; the stories end with Mrs. Harvey saying "Never mind, snail, never mind". Tom Keresztes Princeton, N