GRAS Winter Book Club - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

What better time than the cold of winter, when prairies are dormant and most of the birds have migrated south, to curl up with a good book? 

Our third book will be “The Sound of a WIld Snail Eating” by Elisabeth Tova Bailey.

Winner of the John Burroughs Medal and the National Outdoor Book Award in Natural History Literature

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her encounter with a Neohelix albolabris—a common woodland snail.

While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence on her nightstand. Intrigued by the snail’s molluscan anatomy, cryptic defenses, clear decision making, hydraulic locomotion, and courtship activities, Bailey becomes an astute and amused observer, offering a candid and engaging look into the curious life of this underappreciated small animal.The Sound of a Wild Snail Eatin…