Along with providing a resonant environmental message, the story lightly demonstrates that friendships come in all shapes and sizes. Writing 'Save the Whale' in a 'looping, curling, silvery trail' across the blackboard in a nearby schoolhouse, she sets a rescue mission into motion. A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Equip Power: Using a Daily Power grants 6 of your total Action Points over 10 seconds. But the snail proves herself big of heart when she helps her travel companion after he's distracted by speedboats and gets stranded on a beach.

Tumbling waves and towering mountains communicate a feeling of vastness, helping readers see the world from the snail's perspective ('She gazed and gazed, amazed by it all,/ and she said to the whale, 'I feel so small The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a wonderful rhyming story about a sea snail that is eager to travel the world. Together the oddball pair travel the 'starlit sea,' visiting 'towering icebergs and far-off lands/ With fiery mountains and golden sands.' In cleanly delineated and colorful mixed-media spreads, Scheffler depicts exotic locales full of mynah birds, monkeys and other creatures that appeal to young animal lovers. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. ) satisfying picture book, relayed in a cumulative rhyme scheme that recalls 'The House That Jack Built.' Stuck on a rock, a tiny snail pines for adventure, until a passing gray-blue humpback whale obligingly invites her to hitch a ride on his tail. A snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on a whales tail. A sea snail with an 'itchy foot'? This offbeat premise sets the stage for Donaldson's and Scheffler's ( The Gruffalo Read 576 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers.

Snail and the wail