A young snail faces many challenges as it tries to grow safely into an adult. All the facts a young child needs to understand the life of this intriguing backyard creature are packed into Backyard Books: Are You a Snail? by Judy Allen with illustrations by Tudor Humphries.
Year 1: Seasons
Explore outside through nature hunts,
playing outside and painting the weather. Discover how all these activities and
more meet the standards set in the national curriculum and learn more about the world all
around
us. Plus much more in this 9 activity topic.
Year 2: Microhabitats
Build a bug house
while
discovering all about butterfly life cycles and the natural animal food chains affecting the
United Kingdom. Go pond dipping, beach hunting and explore minibeasts in their microhabitats.
Plus much more in this 6 activity topic.
Judy Allen is an award-winning author whose novel Awaiting Developments won the Whitbread Children's Novel Award. Judy Allen and illustrator Tudor Humphries created Kingfisher's award-winning Backyard Books series and many other successful books, including the Reading Rainbow selections Tiger and Seal.