是蝸牛開始的！

by Katja Reider, Angela Von Roehl (Illustrator), 方素珍 (Translator)

有一天，蝸牛碰見豬就脫口對豬說：「天啊！你好肥哦，可是你的腿竟然沒有被壓垮耶！」這使得豬大為光火，所以當他碰見兔子，便也不客氣的指著兔子笑他是膽小鬼，而兔子被豬的嘲笑弄得心理很是不愉快，當他碰見大狗的時候，也不客氣的數落大狗是隻懶惰蟲，大狗雖然為自己自圓其說，可是當他碰見蜘蛛時也取笑了蜘蛛，而蜘蛛也將這份怨氣發洩在白鵝身上，所以當白鵝遇見蝸牛時，當然毫不客氣的笑蝸牛是個慢吞吞的傢伙，這下子大家都因為彼此不客氣的言語生氣了，該如何化解這即將爆發的風波呢？

這本帶著濃厚童趣味，且內容風趣詼諧的童書，實在是不能錯過的一本好書。

Genres: Picture Books

26 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1997

Reviews

[Mela · Rating 1 out of 5]

sort of obselete in how it conveys this message

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an interesting tale about how mean words can really hurt someone's feelings and that a sincere apology can go a long way to erase the damage done. The narrative is entertaining, with a lot of repetition and a hit-you-on-the-top-of-the-head morality, and the illustrations are colorful. We discovered this book because it was recommended by the author in the book, Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-proof Girls in the Early Grades. We enjoyed reading this story together.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great way to make children, or anyone for that matter, become aware of how teasing and bulling affects people and the snowball-effect that it often has. I love that not only does the story come back around to the snail, the original bully, but the snail then goes and apologizes to its victim which creates the snowball-effect again, but in a positive manner. I also love how the author makes it a point to explain in the end that all the animals were happy to be themselves even after realizing that they weren't "perfect."

[Sally Bruesewitz]

By calling Pig fat, Snail starts a chain of insults among the other animals that eventually catches up with him and convinces him that each animal is right in liking himself just the way he is. AR 3.3

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good book to use for writing when explaining a circular plot. It also shows how one unkind remark can cause a lot of different people to have a bad day.

[Dani · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book modeled behavior that I didn't really want my kids emulating.

[Anna]

Can discuss in terms of whether the words being said are bucket dippers or bucket fillers.