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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I have become a disciple of Graeme Base and his version of surrealist art and storytelling. Each page tells in vivid detail about a young boy, Willard, and his dream to found the lost golden snail on at the end of the world. Each page is filled with fantastic creatures, and brilliant story telling. Base's use of alliteration goes a long way for students who are learning those specific skills. Currently I work with younger grades on those very skills of alliteration, letter-sound correspondence and basic phonological processing abilities. In having a book enthrall a student like this visually the learning part comes a whole lot easier. What a great book! It's an awesome adventure, contained in only the 48 pages of a picture book. The illustrations are gorgeous and include as a bonus a hidden image on every spread for an extra activity. A cute and clever adventure had us thinking of the equally fun [b:My Father's Dragon|34898|My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)|Ruth Stiles Gannett|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386925082s/34898.jpg|3217669] in the way the little boy would pull out the exact thing he needed for each challenge. Many, many reasons to enjoy this one and it would probably work for fairly young children too. I love the illustrations in all of Graeme Base's stories. They are beautiful and always contain the neatest "extras" if you look closely. The pictures alone would make this worth reading but it was also a lovely little adventure story that any child will appreciate. At the same time there is a very gentle message about doing good, kind things. The writing was smooth and rhythmic, making it nice to read out loud. no reviews | add a review
Wilbur loves the legend of the Golden Snail, an enchanted galleon, and vows to become its next master. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.3Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Elizabethan 1558-1625LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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