Snail and Frog are the fastest runners in the whole wood.
When a chef arrives in search of the strongest legs to help him prepare a special birthday treat for the king, the two friends argue over who will have the great honour.
So they decide to settle the matter on a race.
Illustrated by Korky Paul ...
"A magical convergence, somewhere between a fable and a ‘just-so’ story, “Snail Legs” is one of those rare books that leaves readers feeling privileged to have accessed a secret, hidden world of the 'maybes' of imagination."
Jake Hope www.achuka.co.uk
"Children of all ages, and many adults, enjoy Korky Paul’s detailed, fantastic illustrations and his drawings of the animals with their wickedly comic expressions are a superb complement to the original, inventive story line. I am sure that this book will be well received by all children who are lucky enough to have it read to them, and they will want to read it over and over again independently. I really enjoyed this book immensely, and so has everyone I have shared it with!"
Paperback
Snail's Legs is published in the UK by Frances Lincoln
Hardback ISBN 1845071123
Paperback OUT NOW ISBN 9781845076429
Hardback.
Snail's Legs is published in Denmark by Gyldendal under the title Snegleben
ISBN 8702050625
Snail's Legs will also be published in Korea in 2008 - further details coming soon...
About the Illustrator
Korky Paul
Korky Paul was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He studied art at the Durban School of Art in Natal, South Africa and then spent three years working for an advertising agency in Cape Town. Korky had his first children's book published in the USA in 1980. It was a pop up book called The Crocodile and Dumper Truck.
During the 1980's Korky illustrated a number of children's books and in 1986 he illustrated his first book for Oxford University Press, Winnie the Witch, which won the Children's Book Award in 1987. Korky has since illustrated many more very successful books, including The Fish Who Could Wish, Dragons, Dinosaurs and Monster poems (with John Foster) Sanji and the Baker, and Aesop's Funky Fables (with Vivien French).
Korky Paul has very quickly become a well known figure in the children's book world and he is especially popular with the young children who read his books and are carried away into a fantasy world by the illustrations.
Korky Paul lives in Oxford with his wife and two children, but lives it up in the summer in Greece.
You can find out a lot more about Korky by visiting his website http://www.korkypaul.com/
These "Snails Running Hats" were made from clay by children at Katherine Semar Infant School - Saffron Walden.
Perhaps you could make some too.
All illustrations on this page © Korky Paul 2006
Visit Korky Paul's website by clicking www.korkypaul.com/
