The sound of a wild snail eating /
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
Workman Pub Co, Attn: Mary Beth 225 Varick st, New York, NY, USA, 10014, (212)2545900 SAN 203-2821
2010018603
GBB1C6900 bnb
SF459.S48 / B35 2010
594.38 BAI
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
Workman Pub Co, Attn: Mary Beth 225 Varick st, New York, NY, USA, 10014, (212)2545900 SAN 203-2821
2010018603
GBB1C6900 bnb
SF459.S48 / B35 2010
594.38 BAI
QX 675 / B154s 2010