Wolfsnail
Awards
- A Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book
- A Notable Children's Book —ALA
- Nominated for the 2010 Prairie Bud Award in South Dakota
- Nominated for the 2010 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award in Maryland
- The Big Summer Read Reading List—Reading Rockets
- CCBC Choices
- Outstanding Children's Book Award (finalist) - Animal Behavior Society
- READBOSTON's Best Read Aloud Book Award (runner-up)
- Maryland Blue Crab Young Readers Award for Beginning Nonfiction - Maryland Library Association
- 2008 Distinguished Books - Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California
- The Horn Book 2009 Summer Reading List - Horn Book
- Chicago Public Schools 2009 Summer Reading List - Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Public Library
Reviews
"...[L]ots of fascinating facts about where the snails live, how they mate, and more. Even the glossary is fun, with words ranging from cannibal and mollusc to mucus and slug. In their first book, the Campbells tell a survival story that will help youngsters discover exciting nature in their own backyards and help them understand the role of predators in the natural cycle. –Hazel Rochman"
—Booklist
"Large, crisp photos record the activity, from the wolfsnail’s morning awakening to … the denouement of a return to rest."
—School Library Journal
"The pacing of the spare text moves, appropriately, at a snail’s pace, conveying with a phrase or sentence per page the wolfsnail’s deliberate and single-minded focus on food. Each step is illustrated with an exceptional close-up photograph that brings into sharp focus the glistening snail body, the ridges of its shell, and every nook and cranny of the hosta leaves on which the attack occurs."
—Horn Book
Reviewer Hazel Rochman writes a favorable review of Sarah Campbell's Wolfsnail in the April 1, 2008 issue of Booklist:
"...[L]ots of fascinating facts about where the snails live, how they mate, and more. Even the glossary is fun, with words ranging from cannibal and mollusc to mucus and slug. In their first book, the Campbells tell a survival story that will help youngsters discover exciting nature in their own backyards and help them understand the role of predators in the natural cycle."Horn Book Magazine reviews Wolfsnail in its July/August 2008 issue:
"The pacing of the spare text moves, appropriately, at a snail’s pace, conveying with a phrase or sentence per page the wolfsnail’s deliberate and single-minded focus on food. Each step is illustrated with an exceptional close-up photograph that brings into sharp focus the glistening snail body, the ridges of its shell, and every nook and cranny of the hosta leaves on which the attack occurs."