Bailey, Elisabeth Tova
The sound of a wild snail eating Elisabeth Tova Bailey - First edition. - xiii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Simultaneously published: [Markham, Ontario] : Thomas Allen & Son.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186).
Field violets ; Discovery ; Explorations -- The forest floor ; Life in a microcosm ; Time and territory -- Thousands of teeth ; Telescopic tentacles ; Marvelous spirals ; Secret recipes -- Colonies of hermits ; Midnight leap ; A snail's thoughts ; Deep sleep -- Cryptic life ; Affairs of a snail ; Bereft ; Offspring -- Release ; Winter snail ; Spring rain ; Night stars -- Terraria. Part 1. The violet-pot adventures. Part II. A green kingdom. Part III. Juxtapositions. Part IV. The cultural life. Part V. Love and mystery. Part VI. Familiar territory. Appendix:
In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a "Neohelix albolabris"--A common woodland snail.
9781565126060 1565126068 9781616206420 161620642X
2010018603
015960023 Uk
Bailey, Elisabeth Tova--Health.
Snails as pets--Anecdotes.
Neohelix albolabris--Anecdotes.
Gastropoda--Physiology.
Gastropoda--Anatomy.
Chronically ill--Biography.
Snails as pets--Anecdotes.
Snails.
Chronic Disease.
Sick--Biography.
SF459.S48 / B35 2010
594.38 Bai 11
QX 675 / B154s 2010
The sound of a wild snail eating Elisabeth Tova Bailey - First edition. - xiii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Simultaneously published: [Markham, Ontario] : Thomas Allen & Son.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186).
Field violets ; Discovery ; Explorations -- The forest floor ; Life in a microcosm ; Time and territory -- Thousands of teeth ; Telescopic tentacles ; Marvelous spirals ; Secret recipes -- Colonies of hermits ; Midnight leap ; A snail's thoughts ; Deep sleep -- Cryptic life ; Affairs of a snail ; Bereft ; Offspring -- Release ; Winter snail ; Spring rain ; Night stars -- Terraria. Part 1. The violet-pot adventures. Part II. A green kingdom. Part III. Juxtapositions. Part IV. The cultural life. Part V. Love and mystery. Part VI. Familiar territory. Appendix:
In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a "Neohelix albolabris"--A common woodland snail.
9781565126060 1565126068 9781616206420 161620642X
2010018603
015960023 Uk
Bailey, Elisabeth Tova--Health.
Snails as pets--Anecdotes.
Neohelix albolabris--Anecdotes.
Gastropoda--Physiology.
Gastropoda--Anatomy.
Chronically ill--Biography.
Snails as pets--Anecdotes.
Snails.
Chronic Disease.
Sick--Biography.
SF459.S48 / B35 2010
594.38 Bai 11
QX 675 / B154s 2010