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roseleaf24's review against another edition
3.0
This is a cute story about snails delivering a very important letter across the country. I loved the views as the snails traveled, and the characters themselves. I didn't like the introduction; since it wasn't actually called small mail before there was email, it just seemed confusing to try to connect the snail mail in the book to the term snail mail as it's used.
carolineinthelibrary's review against another edition
3.0
I thought this book was just okay. It felt like it went on longer than it should have when the snails are traveling across the country. I was looking for picture books that talked about mail and how the post office works and while the idea that "snail mail" was actually run by snails is funny, it didn't really fit what I was looking for.
skysalla's review against another edition
4.0
Such a fun concept and I love the way it was explored. Like the book says. Sometimes it is a good idea to slow down.
The snails are super cute and this story is full of such passion and joy that any child would delight in it. It might even encourage some hand written mail.
The snails are super cute and this story is full of such passion and joy that any child would delight in it. It might even encourage some hand written mail.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not even sure if kids today understand the idea of "snail mail". Would be fun to read aloud and get their thoughts!
racham1123's review against another edition
3.0
I love snail mail! Naturally I enjoyed this book too lol. It's a cute idea and I think kids would probably really like it. But also, it's so true, snail mail is special. ๐๐
nikimarion's review against another edition
3.0
Okay I love snail mail and getting mail and sending packages but this conceit as expressed in this narrative is way over-baked.
I'm also over seeing indeterminately brown children presented in work by White authors and illustrators, and I'm seeing a LOT of it in picturebooks for 2018. It feels more like a push from the publisher than anything since they believe diversity is "trendy" (read: lucrative). Casual diversity is important because mirrors are important for children to see in the literature created for them--TY Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop--but right now, children's literature and those who work in the children's book industry need to work beyond that and start putting our money where our mouths are: in the hands of marginalized writers and illustrators.
I'm also over seeing indeterminately brown children presented in work by White authors and illustrators, and I'm seeing a LOT of it in picturebooks for 2018. It feels more like a push from the publisher than anything since they believe diversity is "trendy" (read: lucrative). Casual diversity is important because mirrors are important for children to see in the literature created for them--TY Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop--but right now, children's literature and those who work in the children's book industry need to work beyond that and start putting our money where our mouths are: in the hands of marginalized writers and illustrators.
amageske's review against another edition
"One such letter was made by a Girl who loved a Boy.
It was a card made with her own hands,
written in her own handwriting,
and sealed with her own kiss.
It even smelled a little bit like her.
It HAD to be delivered by Snail Mail."
It was a card made with her own hands,
written in her own handwriting,
and sealed with her own kiss.
It even smelled a little bit like her.
It HAD to be delivered by Snail Mail."
elvis_waugh's review against another edition
5.0
โNeither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor hail will stop a snail from bringing the mail .โ Exquisitely illustrated quirky tale.