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Beastie Bros: The Cabbage Juice Crime

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An accessible, funny, black-and-white highly illustrated young fiction series from David O’Connell, starring a hilarious firefly and snail duo. Perfect for readers aged 6+ and fans of Jamie Smart, Toto the Ninja Cat and Dave Pigeon.

Dash is a little firefly. One of his wings is shorter than the other so he flies more slowly than everyone else, but that doesn’t stop him getting where he wants to go. When he’s happy, his bottom lights up! And he’s happiest when he’s eating custard and hanging out with his adoptive brother, Dribble the snail. Dribble is never in a hurry. He likes to invent things – and eat cabbage. He keeps all kinds of useful objects hidden inside his shell. They help to keep him out of trouble, which is never far away…

Join our minibeast heroes on their first adventure as they foil a master criminal plot involving a crystal worm, ancient custard, a stolen Roboslug and some dastardly dung beetles…

A witty, brilliantly author-illustrated project from David O’Connell, the illustrator behind Tom Vaughan’s Hercules, Pip Bird’s The Naughtiest Unicorn, and many more. A winning blend of the chaos, wacky humour, adventure and comic-style art of graphic novels like Bunny vs Monkey and Investigators, and a more traditional, wittily written fiction story. A laugh-out-loud tale packed with hilarious characters like Flattened Dominic the slug and Mr Truffle the ball of dung!

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This funny, young fiction story from David O’Connell tells the tale of a firefly, a snail and their wacky adventures.

Dash is a firefly with a difference – one wing is shorter than the other. Dribble is a slow snail by name and nature, with all kinds of things tucked away in his shell. So together they make a hilarious duo who bump into trouble, causing chaos wherever they roam!

This short chapter book makes reading accessible to readers 6+ who love fun, laughs and a little bit of cheekiness. Dash flies a little slower than he would like, eating as much of his favourite food, custard, as he goes. Dribble’ favourite food is cabbage alongside inventing things. Readers join them in their first adventure, aiming to foil a criminal plot full of bugs, beetles and lots of giggles.

Children with a love of nature and minibeasts will enjoy this cheeky, sneaky, laugh-out-loud adventure story.

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