The Snail and the Whale Paperback – 21 April 2016

My child loves this book. Bright colourful pictures and well written. I will be buying the other books from this author.

Excellent qualityEasy to read and enjoyed by the childArrived on time

Highly recommend the quality of these booked are just lovely great story and great illustration. My go to author. Perfect stories every time . The kids love these books.

Great bookLovely pictures

Great book, all Julia Donaldson books are great reads, my god daughter and niece love them all

Lovely little story bought after my 4 year old saw the tv animation. He absolutely loves it, is now one of his favourite bedtime books. Beautiful illustrations and very well made.

The favorite book. Accidentally ordered this one when I was supposed to order the gruffalos baby. We love this book!

Julia Donaldson/Axel Scheffler books are works of art. The stories are written beautifully, rhyming with a rhythm that sets the pace. This ensures that as an adult I do not get bored reading the same stories over and over again as the more familiar the story becomes the more I can work on my expression and how I deliver giving me almost as joyful an experience as that of my son listening to them. I feel excited when he brings me a book and then we can have a short bonding session over the story before he goes off to play again. The books describe simple everyday scenes and experiences that a child might encounter helping them make sense of the world around them, mixed with magical characters like dragons, witches, Santa etc.Alex Schefflers artwork is beautiful complements the stories perfectly. The same characters often pop up in different books, whether it be the Gruffalo Child’s stick man in his own story or simply a squirrel and a frog. This helps my son who is fifteen months old develop his own narrative. He does not understand the words I am reading but gets plenty from the rhythm and my intonation whilst building his own story and understanding from the pictures, he is always pointing different characters out to me or finding them when I ask where they are. He loves books and I think that these books enhance a joy of reading and learning. He brings the books to me time and time again.This story has fast become one of my personal favourite Juliua Donaldson books. My son loves having me read to him and because he is not speaking yet cannot tell me what it is about the book, but as we turn the pages of the different scenes from around the world I can see that it has a very special meaning and fascination for him, making it a journey of discovery for me too. Perhaps one day he might tell me what was so special for him or maybe he won't remember. But right now, we're enjoying the magic.