The Snail and the Whale

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However when disasters strikes and the whale gets stuck on the beach, the little snail uses its initiative and finds a way to get help for the whale.

This is one of my favourites out of all the books I have written for Axel Scheffler to illustrate, perhaps because I feel I have captured something of the soulful whimsy of the Edward Lear poems I enjoyed as a child. Then, it becomes an environmental cautionary tale as the whale is upset by speed boaters and ends up beached. Together they go on a world-wide ocean journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins until the snail feels very small in the vastness of the world.The snail still wants to sail and see the world and the whale is still prepared to take him/her on his journey after he sees the advertisement 'Lift wanted around the world' written in a silvery trail on a black rock. This is the sky So vast and high Sometimes sunny and blue and warm, Sometimes filled with a thunderstorm, With zigzag lightning Flashing and frightening The tiny snail On the tail of the whale. The snail has to use his ingenuity to rescue the whale and in doing so realises that it doesn’t matter what size you are, you can still help your friends and be recognised in the World.

This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. The 26-minute production aired on BBC One at 2:30pm on 25 December 2019, [6] and again at 2:05pm on 1 January 2020. Donaldson has said that it is one of her favourite books, due to its similarity in rhyming style to the works of Edward Lear, of which she was fond of as a child.I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. There are lots of adjectives and other descriptive words in the story which describe different things.

There once was a snail that hitched a ride on the tail of the whale, and off they went to travel the world at sea. The pair endured thunderstorms and zigzag lightning and the snail was amazed by everything she encountered and everything she saw and when she gazed at the sky, the sea, the land and the waves she was often heard to say, 'I feel so small. The poetry is playful, but also has a certain driving quality that makes it rare among children's books. William Barber, David Cummings, Charlotte-Davis Black, Emmy Dowers and Mia Wilks as the school children. Think together about 2 or 3 reasons why snail should go with whale, for example: Go because you’ll see the world and have adventures!The audio version, which includes The Snail and the Whale song, won the Spoken Book gold award for best audio for 6 and under. I think this is my absolute favourite of hers - it's such a touching, beautiful story that always tugs at my heartstrings. Tell the story Using the pictures in the book to help them, children can turn the pages and tell the story in their own words. One night when the tide was high a passing whale spotted her request and duly picked her up on the end of his tail, saying to the snail, 'Come sail with me. The Snail and the Whale is a 2003 children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.