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The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail and an Even Sma,
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- Condition
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- Seller notes
- “Used book in good condition. Shows typical wear. Quick shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed!”
- ISBN
- 9780152049683
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Book, Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- End of the Beginning : Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (And an Even Smaller Ant)
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Animals / Insects, Spiders, Etc., Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Travel, Animals / Marine Life, Action & Adventure / General, General
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Avon the snail has never had an adventure. And adventure, he has heard, is the key to a happy life. So with his new friend Edward the ant, Avon sets out on a journey to find the excitement his life has been missing. The travelers meet all manner of wise, weird, and intriguing creatures--including a dragon!--and it's not long before their adventures begin. In the tradition of such classics as The Little Prince , Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , and Winnie-the-Pooh , this completely original story--a modern fable for our time--brims with wit, wisdom, and profound insights about the meaning of things . . . great and small.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0152049681
ISBN-13
9780152049683
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30510891
Product Key Features
Book Title
End of the Beginning : Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (And an Even Smaller Ant)
Format
Book, Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Animals / Insects, Spiders, Etc., Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Travel, Animals / Marine Life, Action & Adventure / General, General
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Dimensions
Item Length
7in.
Item Height
0.8in.
Item Width
5.8in.
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Age Range
7-10
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.A953ep 2004
Grade from
Second Grade
Grade to
Fifth Grade
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Newbery medalist Avi (Crispin) returns to animal fantasy with this gently humorous tale about two travelers in search of excitement, an earlier version of which appeared as a beginning reader (Snail Tale: The Adventures of a Rather Small Snail, 1972). Avon the snail wants adventures like the characters he reads about in books. He sets aside caution and heads out, immediately meeting Edward, a cocksure ant who has (mostly wrong) answers for all of Avon's worries. Avi's droll wit spices the rather quiet journey, as when Edward goes to formally greet his new friend: "When he realized Avon did not have hands, he shook one of his own. 'Pleased to meet you,' he said." Careful listeners will figure out the travelers' trip consists of the length of a long branch and will enjoy being in the know when Avon and Edward clearly aren't. What qualifies as excitement for this pair may not raise goose bumps on anybody else's skin-they mistake a mouse for a dragon ("good dragons disguise themselves as nice creatures, and bad dragons as nasty ones," Ant explains), and must "battle" an oncoming snail in order to pass one another on the narrow branch. But the bite-size chapters and the clever repartee make this a charming tale, and the occasional, slightly anthropomorphized pencil illustrations show Avon and Edward to be the friendliest of creatures. All ages.
Illustrated by
Tusa, Tricia
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Lccn
2002-020894
Dewey Decimal
635/.7
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Number of Pages
144 Pages
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