Reviews

“In this introduction to a carnivorous species probably unknown to young readers, striking color photographs of larger-than-life-sized snails accompany a simple straightforward text. … Sure to encourage early readers and listeners to explore their own backyards for similarly wondrous creatures.”

“A snail may seem an unlikely candidate for most ferocious predator, but the wolfsnail certainly deserves consideration. … A few lines of text per page accompany bright, close-up color photographs that not only detail the snail’s search for its prey (leaf-eating snails and slugs leave detectable trails of slime), but also the prey’s demise.”

“Campbell’s terse, conversational text follows one such hunt on a damp spring day as a wolfsnail detects, tracks, and engulfs its prey, using its mustachio-style lip extensions as ultrasensory devices. Large, crisp photos record the activity, from the wolfsnail’s morning awakening to start the hunt to the denouement of a return to rest.”

“This nonfiction photo essay … does for snails what Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley did for frogs. … Publishers, give us more books like this, please, with simple-to-understand texts filled with drama, fascinating facts, and glamorous color photos, which we can share with preschoolers or any age.”