The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant)

by Avi (Author) Tricia Tusa (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Avon the snail has never had an adventure. And adventure, he has heard, is the key to a happy life. So with his new friend Edward the ant, Avon sets out on a journey to find the excitement his life has been missing. This modern fable is filled with funny--and profound--insights about the meaning of things . . . great and small.
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Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780152055325
Lexile Measure
560
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
April 20, 2008
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV022000 - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, & Fables | General
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Insects
Adventure and adventurers
Voyages and travels
Ants
Snails

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