The second book in the madaboutsnailbooks.com series, Snails Don’t Burp, - following on from the successful launch of Snail Trail – is now being published.
Detectives-in-the-making, Amy and Charlie, set off on another adventure. It ends in near-disaster as their relationship breaks down.
An American Film Producer wants to make a movie of their amazing discovery on Zig-Zag Common, but the girls believe that Old McSlithers belongs to them. They refuse to sign the contract.
Instead, they decide to hide the snail - but just where do you hide a snail the size of a four storey-building?
What are the new people up to and what is the mysterious trail of glitter that has appeared from nowhere?
There are boys plotting, a school trip to a Monastery, a massive falling out between friends and double-crossing. Then, when things look like they can’t get any worse, Old McSlithers falls desperately ill.
Do the girls make up in time to save Old McSlithers? Does the snail have a future?
Read a chapter of Snails Don't Burp!
Suitable for parents, grandparents and carers to read to children of five and over and for older children to read for themselves.
Is it an April Fool’s joke like the grown-ups think?
Nine-year old best friends and detectives-in-the-making Amy and Charlie decide to solve the mystery and single out Mr. Brown as the number one suspect – a man who never shaves and whose car is often heard chugging up the hill late at night.
But then snail posters are found nailed to trees, a schoolboy goes missing and the girls’ mums start to behave suspiciously.
A secret spilt in the playground sends the girls snail-hunting high up on Zig-Zag Common. They follow the snail trail and make an amazing discovery. It leads to more than they could have ever wished for.
Read a chapter of Snail Trail
Suitable for parents, grandparents and carers to read to children of five and over and for older children to read for themselves.
Read the fascinating real-life story behind the story.
"If these events had never happened in the sequence they did, then Snail Trail and the follow-on books would never have been written. We’re mad about snails in this house. We’re mad about reading and writing and illustrating. We hope you catch a bit of that madness when you read the snail books, or listen to them being read!"
Sarah Lucas
A Member of the Society of Authors
"Thank you for letting me be among the first to read this beautifully put together story. There’s nothing snail’s pace about this story. Many swift twists and turns are executed by our pint-sized Misses Marple as they solve a highly-unusual village mystery. Looming large all the while are the exotic Land Snails who inspired the tale, and are enduringly intriguing. Bring on the slithering sequel."
Debbie Thrower, Broadcaster, on Snail Trail.
