The Adventures of Snail at School

by John Stadler

Snail goes on three errands for his teacher and has amazing adventures

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Michelle]

I saw this book at work and unlocked a core memory. I don't remember if I owned this book or just read it multiple times. It was really cute! I'm glad I found it again, as it was pretty enjoyable.

[Dahsol Kim]

If feels me like reading a book McHennessy-the boy who was always late

[Carissa Gelinas]

Easy-to-read #3
This is a very simple book to read. It would be ideal for lower-middle elementary students. There's about one short sentence per page along with pictures. This book is about Snail at his school. He tries to help his teacher out the best that he can, but he always seems to get distracted so easily. Snail goes on all kinds of adventures while sent on missions/errands for his teacher. Kids would find this a funny and cute book, but they might get some creative adventures they could go on while doing things for their teacher, but it might not be the best idea for them to do such a thing.

[Lia]

Easy To Read Beginners Books #3

The Adventures of Snail at School was about a snail who volunteered to do tasks for his teacher. He volunteered three times and each time something crazy happened. The water fountain turned into a huge wave, a fire extinguisher blasted him into outer space, and a baton for music turned into a wand. Each time he came back and told his teacher what happened and she did not believe him and told him to stop making up stories.

[Dolly]

Though all related, this book contains three short stories about snail's fantastic adventures in school. And each time, the incredulous Mrs. Harvey, his teacher, says, "Snail..." and then, "Never mind, snail." It's a cute book with basic vocabulary, cartoonish pages, and limited wording on each page, which makes it great for beginning readers.

[Leslie]

My son read this in the first grade. He learned about 5 new words from it. It's one of those that is best to a K-1 grader, and read by the older kids themselves. It will have some longer words most kids this age will need help with, like, fountain, Mrs Harvey, etc. My little reader thought this one was boring, but was proud to have read a real-life chapter book.

[Micah]

Snail is the main character in the book. He went in space and the thing he was riding on to get into space was a fire extinguisher. There was a classmate that he had to get from space but the teacher named Mrs. Harvey didn't think Snail actually went into space but he did. It was a very cute and funny story and Snail was cute.

[reviewed by a 6 year old, typed by his mama]

[Jonny]

A great book for second graders, Stadler again, proves that he can write stories that are both realistic and compelling for kids to read. This tells the story of a snail who has a lot of faith, who ends up confessing what he believes to be true despite the cynicism of the adults around him.

[Kaethe]

Snail lives in a surreal world, which somehow his teacher hasn't yet noticed. The PandaBat enjoyed it straight up, while I was trying to figure out what happens to the new student left in the Principal's office. And why the water fountain gushed sea water.

[Morgan Groth]

Literary Elements: Onomatopoeia; humor; character: Snail is willing to help out and imaginative. I think this would be a good book for last first grade or second grade to read in their own time. Students could do mini reports on what they read and their thoughts on it.

[Queana]

Really interesting adventures my child and I get to go on. The book is easy to read but still provides a challenge to expand a child's ability to learn more complex words. I think will have some great adventures together.

[Cws]

JEAR2-Sta

[Yuzuki]

小さい、カタツムリは、学校へ、いっている。
失敗ばっかり、するけど、一生懸命がんばって、
みんなの、やくに、立とうと、している。
私も、失敗しても、あきらめずに、がんばって、
チャレンジしていきたい。

[Melanie Boss]

beginning reader. pretty good. Annoying teacher. Fun adventures with Snail.

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Not unforgivably offensive, but just really really bad. This has all the hallmarks of pages from a bored fourth grader's notebook.

[Kest Schwartzman]

as far as I can tell, the "message" of this book is something like "don't bother to talk to adults about things that matter. They won't believe you, even with proof. Even if they maybe do believe you, they will pretend they don't in order to preserve order". This is a damned awful thing to teach a kid.