Preschoolers can revel in the fascinating picture story without having to read a word. Here is the story Grandma tells one evening on her wide veranda steps. All in all, this fine book is a visual feast with the miniature-world appeal of The Borrowers. Allan Ahlbergs fanciful tale, paired with beautifully detailed artwork by Gillian Tyler, invites children to see the world from a different perspective. Allan Ahlberg The Snail House Hardcover Maby Allan Ahlberg (Author), Gillian Tyler (Illustrator) 15 ratings 3.6 on Goodreads 157 ratings Hardcover 1.30 24 Used from 1.30 5 Collectible from 15.00 Paperback 4.18 10 Used from 4. Scary moments like the arrival of a giant snail-eating thrush (''No!' cried Hannah') contrast with peaceful times, such as stretching a clothesline between the snail's eyestalks, reading books, and washing windows. The snail house-complete with doors, windows, porch railings, tiny furniture, and toys-provides fodder for hours of close examination. Young children will adore poring over every delicate detail of Tyler's exquisitely drawn snail's-eye view of the world, a universe where falling apples cause earthquakes and babies can be lost in a forest of grass. The Snail House Allan Ahlberg, Gillian Tyler 3.58 161 ratings32 reviews Allan Ahlberg's fanciful tale, paired with beautifully detailed artwork by Gillian Tyler, invites children to see the world from a different perspective. on the back of a moving snail? That's precisely what happens in Allan Ahlberg and illustrator Gillian Tyler's quiet, lovely picture book The Snail House, told in a folksy, story-time voice by Grandma to her grandchildren Hannah and Michael and their baby brother. What if one day you and your siblings shrunk down to a tiny, tiny size, crept out under a crack in the door, and went to live in a snail house.

The Snail House by Allan Ahlberg