Today's interactive topic
Kids, when you come home from school
Will you enjoy the scenery along the way?
"Snapping Snails"
The colors in this book are refreshing and soft, and the animal images are simple but varied, and they all have their own characteristics under the painter's pen. The composition and text design is full of imagination, and it complements the bright and brisk story.
An ordinary little snail suddenly, one day, grew two large long legs and became a "snapping snail".
Uphill, downhill, it's all snapping and going fast. Lo and behold, it surpasses turtles, frogs, locusts... How fast that little snail runs, it is full of so much curiosity about the world, how much like a child who expects to grow up!
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"Ah, yes! I'm out for a walk. The little snail finally reacted. Are there any children who are the same as this snail? Each time, I rushed forward with all my might, but I forgot my original purpose.
The transformation from slow to fast and from fast to slow from small snails is the best time to explore the beautiful things around you, and it is also the necessary stage for every child to grow, let us learn to slow down our pace, be curious about the world, explore the world more, and enjoy the beautiful scenery on the road.
Tadashi Akiyama
Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in design. His work "Incredible Carnival" (Kodansha) won the 14th Kodansha Picture Book Newcomer Award. Hurry up and sleep! (Iwasaki Shoten) won the 1995 Japan Picture Book Award.
Other works include "If It Gets Bigger", "Graffiti Piggy" (above belongs to the Poplar Society), "Which Is Heavy?" (Iwasaki Shoten), The Work of the Foresters (Kodansha), Giraffe in the Sea, Boom boom (Venus), Bullfighting (php Institute), etc.