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| Author | Julia Donaldson |
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| Audio read by | Imelda Staunton (on the audio cassette release) David Tennant, (on the compact disc release) |
| Illustrator | Axel Scheffler |
| Genre | Children's fantasy |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
Publication date | 5 September 2003 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 32 |
| ISBN | 978-0-330-51734-8 |
| OCLC | 51898638 |
The Snail and the Whale is a 2003 children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It won the 2004 Early Years award for the best pre-school book, the 2005 Blue Peter award for Best Book to Read Aloud, and the 2007 Giverny award for Best Science Picture Book. The Snail and the Whale has also been adapted into an unabridged audiobook, a stage play and translated into British Sign Language. In 2019, a short film based on the book was released.
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.[1]
- ^ "Picture books by children's author, Julia Donaldson". juliadonaldson.co.uk.