Pip and Posy: The Friendly Snail by Axel Scheffler
Published by Nosy Crow on July 20, 2021
ISBN: 1536217328
Pages: 32
Genres: Animals
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Pip the rabbit is out gardening while Posy the mouse is having fun and playing very loudly.  When Posy’s volume scares a snail that Pip had just met, Pip tells Posy to go away.  Posy goes away, with tear in her eyes, and hides behind a bush.  Later, as Pip is gardening, he is unaware of the bird swooping in to grab the snail.  Posy saves the day by using her loud voice to scare it away. Their friendship is repaired and they both play a noisy game together.  This is a good selection for preschool settings.  There is plenty of white space on the pages, bright colored illustrations and a few sentences in large font on each 2 -page spread.   The topic of appreciating differences and the concept of loud and quiet are illustrated perfectly.  Interesting that the illustrator Scheffler’s name is on the front cover and the book spine and Camilla Reid, who wrote the text, is identified on the back cover.

Reviewed by Sheila Dube, Youth Services Librarian, Springvale Public Library