Sojourne Snail’s Sounding Saga

By Christine Schonewald and Helena Somers

Playing with “s” sounds while teaching about natural history, Sojourne Snail’s Sounding Saga follows a day in the life of a snail. Presented through alliteration and tongue-twisting narration, this children’s book shares a host of valuable information about the standing, sliding, swinging, swimming, and sometimes-channeling-in-sand gastropods.

Sojourne is a recognizable Pacific snail adorned with beautiful colors and a distinct sideband that embellishes her shell’s spiral. Her movements are mostly graceful, causing light to sparkle from her skin’s mirrored, glassy surface.

With QR codes included, this picture book for children shares Sojourne’s story while stimulating the development of curiosity and self-motivation in young children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Apr 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781532069772

Christine Schonewald

Christine Schonewald was born in Paris and immigrated to the United States when she was five years old, spending her childhood in California. She attended the University of California at Davis and the University of Maryland and worked as a research scientist and college professor. Schonewald and her husband, Lou, now live on Lummi Island, Washington. She has a daughter and grandchildren. She is also the author of One Stranger’s Songs.

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Copyright © 2019 Christine Schonewald.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-6976-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-6977-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019902770

iUniverse rev. date: 05/09/2019

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Sojourne Snail’s Sounding Saga

One Strolling Snail’s Sole

This Sole Day

Feed Me!

Still Silence to Disarray

Aftershock

Cogitations and Introspections

Despondent and Starving

The Majestic Multicourse Menu

Vivication and Satisfaction

Serenity Settles on Sojourne

Afterword: Parents, Teachers, and Readers

Informative Websites

To my two granddaughters, Abigail and Madeline, and any other child.

To Dominique and any other parent or teacher.

Standing, sliding, swinging, swimming, and sometimes channeling in sand, snails and slugs are sublime. Snails and slugs, all gastropods, exemplify one of nature’s singular successes. Designed superbly, their colors, shapes, dresses, floats, strings, saws, drills, darts, and snail housings open doors for many lives. Snails, as slugs, use only a single foot; some slide and swim as gracefully as ballet dancers, toe-dancing in their heelless slippers. Land snails spend life searching for greens, muds, and garden and forest spoils, whereas ocean snails search for green algae cells or visceral parts of the smallest sea creatures to saucer-size mussels and tub-size clams. Snails fuel fascination for young and old observers of life and readers alike.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you, Karen Kupka, for editorial help, ideas, and feedback sustenance. Also, a thank-you is warranted for SCANOVA QR assistance with their designer software. It was fun learning how to design those boxes and set them on