Here are some great poems and stories about snails!

SNAIL
It hasn't any windows
It hasn't any doors
Although it has a ceiling
It hasn't any floors
'Twas built without a builder
A hammer or a nail
Because you see this funny house
Belongs to Mr Snail.

Author unknown

Consider the Snail

by R. Wayne Edwards December 1996

used with permission of the author

About this Poem

Where he goes he leaves a trail.
When he goes where he shouldn't be,
His trail is there for all to see.

Our life is like the little snail,
Where we go we leave a trail.
The things we do and the things we say,
Are the trail we leave from day to day.

Conkling, Hilda. Poems by a Little Girl
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library

Little Snail

I saw a little snail

Come down the garden walk.

He wagged his head this way . . . that way . . .

Like a clown in a circus

He looked from side to side

As though he were from a different country.

I have always said he carries his house on his back . . .

Today in the rain

I saw that it was his umbrella!

By Ellen Jackson

From Horn Book When the first people come to this world from the underworld, no one brings any fresh water. Several animals volunteer to fetch some, but only Snail succeeds. In addition to explaining why water is so precious, the myth tells why otters, beavers, turtles, frogs, and snails behave the way they do today. Bright artwork, full of life and movement, illustrates this satisfying tale. -- Copyright © 1996 The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.

By Joanne Ryder

Brilliant illustrations and a short text invite an unnamed sleeping, pajama-clad child into a garden teeming with wildlife. The boy gradually shrinks until he is so small he experiences things as a snail would. The incredibly detailed drawings and the idea of shrinking to enter another world should capture children's imaginations."--School Library Journal.