#26- Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator

#26- Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator

Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator

Written by: Sarah C. Campbell

Photography by: Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell

Boyds Mills Press, Inc., 2008

27 pages

Nonfiction

“Most land snails, such as this one, eat plants. The wolfsnail eats meat.”

            This book details a day in the life of a wolfsnail. More specifically, the book details the wolfsnail on the hunt for its meal. The wolfsnail does not eat plants like most snails; it eats slugs and other snails. The snail taps the top of the leaf to search for signs of food. When the wolfsnail finds a trail to follow, it finds a snail, eats it, then goes back to sleep.

            The photographs in this book are beautiful and colorful. Each picture depicts the part of the snail’s day that the page is describing. The pictures capture parts of a wolfsnail’s life that we wouldn’t normally get to observe. The text placement is formal.

            This book is appropriate for upper elementary level students. In a science classroom, this book could be read alongside a book about regular snails. The students could compare and contrast between a wolfsnail and a snail. This book received the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor.