Author: O'Connell, David
Reading age: from c 6 years
Published on 14 August 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Beastie Bros' series.
Paperback | 128 pages
132 x 197 x 19 | 176g
An accessible, funny young fiction series from David O'Connell,
starring a hilarious firefly and snail duo, highly illustrated
in black and white. Perfect for readers aged 6-9 and fans of Jamie
Smart, Toto the Ninja Cat and Dave Pigeon.
Adoptive brothers Dribble the snail and Dash the firefly are on
a tour of the local ant's nest to see the queen's crown jewels,
when the dastardly dung beetles strike again and swipe the priceless
Gumdrop of Destiny!
Even worse? In the chaos, Dribble and Dash get trapped in the
mysterious underground tunnels - some of which have may even lead
to long-hidden kingdoms... And down there, some strange dragonflies
have evolved into monster-like beasts! Can the duo beat the 'dragons'
and unravel the mystery of WHO this stolen treasure truly
belongs to... and get it back?
The second instalment in the witty, brilliantly author-illustrated
series 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 and teeming
with doodles - with a super-fun choose-your-own-adventure
chapter!
