The Very Slow Snail is rich in philosophical thinking, but the story is also arranged with many children's favorite elements and games. Those features reflect the author's insight into child-based view and his command of it. Meanwhile, they expand the reader's age range, making it wider than ordinary picture books'. Thus, if the reader is a child, he will find himself and experience precious friendship; if the reader is a teenager, he might have a first glance at love; if the reader is elder, he will be inspired by the philosophy of “slowness.” The philosophy of slowness appears from the materials the author selected. He catches the biological property of snail and compares it with the speeds of snake movement and frog jump. From this, the book shows the fast and the slow along with the success and the failure, and has never been limited to one standard. Besides the philosophy of “slowness,” the author concerns about children, too. Hence, when the very slow snail meets the very slow caterpillar, it unfolds an adventure for which children are most longing in their hearts. As for the mixture of tenderness and passion on the journey of the snail and the caterpillar, it adequately presents the impression and art of slowness.

When the snail and the caterpillar see that there is only a grape almost rotten on the tree, the author reveals his integration of philosophy and child-base view again—the ripened grape can make a sweet sandwich, which can be eaten and played with at the same time, bitten as various animal shapes. After tasting the grape, the snail and the caterpillar plan to have apples. By then, it is supposed to be a meaningful open ending. Surprisingly, the author switches the plot. The snail puts the chrysalis turned from the caterpillar on his back and heads for apples. The length of this picture book is longer than regular ones, but the new chapter fits in with the topic in every aspect. Eventually the caterpillar becomes a beautiful butterfly. While it is carrying the snail and flying to the apple tree, the snail considerably remind him in the air—don't fly too fast!

The Very Slow Snail genuinely provides readers with diverse ways of thinking. Readers from different age groups can get delight and inspiration from it.