The snail's spell

Main Author: Ryder, Joanne
Other Authors: Cherry, Lynne (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: NY: Puffin Books, 1988.
Physical Description: 1 vol.
ISBN: 9780140508918
0140508910
Author Notes: Joanne Ryder studied journalism at Marquette University. For several years she was an editor of children's books in New York, before she quit to write full-time.

Ryder is an award-winning author whose books offer a unique blend of poetry and science. Her Just for a Day series invites children into the world of wild animals, ranging from a sea otter to Tyrannosaurus rex.

Ryder's book, The Snail's Spell, won a New York Academy of Sciences Book Award. She has been named three times in the annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by a joint committee of the Children's Book Council and the National Science Teachers Association.

(Bowker Author Biography)