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Snail Mail
Contributors
Illustrated by Julia Patton
Formats and Prices
Price
$17.99Price
$23.49 CADFormat
Format:
- Hardcover $17.99 $23.49 CAD
- ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
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Snail Mail‘s playful and educational story encourages kids to have slow living, and to approach life with determination and wonder. Julia Patton’s rich illustrations showcase America’s diverse terrain and national monuments from coast to coast. Kids and parents alike will delight in this celebration of America’s beauty and the power of a simple handwritten letter.
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"Patton's layered images evoke the pleasures of paper."The New York Times
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"The art shows irresistible snails with eyeballs on stalks protruding above their clothed soft parts, shells exposed to the weather. Engaging watercolors offer varied landscapes and postcardlike views of famous landmarks. The absurdity of the premise-and repeated promise-is humorously upheld throughout."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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"This delightfully silly interpretation of snail mail will also appeal to adults wishing for the slower pace and handmade charm of pen and paper correspondence."School Library Journal
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"[An] appropriately leisurely paced tale about the pleasures of taking one's time."-Shelf Awareness
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"[C]hildren will be delighted by the colorful illustrations throughout the storybook-especially the humorous renderings of four tried and true, hard-working snails."New York Journal of Books
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"A charming story of love, determination, adventure and the rewards of three, this fun and comical book is a genuine delight."Books to Borrow . . . Books to Buy
- On Sale
- May 1, 2018
- Page Count
- 32 pages
- Publisher
- Running Press Kids
- ISBN-13
- 9780762462513
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