The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
“This is a tale of a tiny snail
And a great big, grey-blue humpback whale.”
The tiny snail hitches a ride on the humpback whale’s tail, through the wild free sea, past icebergs and far-off lands, and “fiery mountains and golden sands”. There are storms and waves – the snail gazes at it all, “And she said to the whale, ‘I feel so small'”.
A magical journey through the vastness of the ocean, in rhyming, poetic text.
Recommended age: 4-7
