Today’s contribution to my book-a-day week of children’s books is a sweet tale about acceptance and finding common ground. Snail and Turtle are friends, even though they’re very different. Snail likes to eat leaves, but Turtle likes to eat flowers. Snail likes to climb, but Turtle likes to swim. Luckily, they’ve found lots of other things that both of them love to do. Snail and Turtle are friends – simple as that. This book features minimal dialogue, colourful cartoon-like illustrations and a message that’s easily understood by the very young. It’s out in hard cover at this stage, making it a sturdy and charming gift for handling by little fingers. My own kids really warmed to this story, even the oldest. In my clever Miss 7′s words, it taught her that “you don’t have to skip around claiming to be BFFs to have a good time with your friends!” Hear, hear.

今日要向您介紹的每日一書童書週讀本，是一本關於包容與尋找共同點的溫馨童話。縱使蝸牛和烏龜很不一樣，他們仍是好朋友。蝸牛喜歡吃樹葉，但是烏龜喜歡吃花朵；蝸牛愛爬樹，烏龜愛游泳；但幸運地，他們找到了許多他們都喜歡做的事。他們是好友，就這麼簡單。本書僅有少許對話內容，以及大量多采多姿的卡通插圖，書中的含意能讓兒童輕易理解。本書以精裝本出版，是一本能送給兒童閱讀的美好讀物。我的小孩深受書中故事感動，就連老大也不例外。我那聰明伶俐的七歲女兒說，這本書教會她一件事，那就是跟朋友共享美好時光是無需言語來約定的。說的真好！