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H o w a r d a s l i g h t l y e c c e n t r i c f a t h e r o f f o u r w h o s e f a v o u r i t e b e d t i m e

s t o r i e s t o h i s c h i l d r e n w e r e a l w a y s a b o u t y u c k y s l u g s a n d b u g s .

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f u n n y s t o r y a b o u t t h r e e s l i m y s l u g s . A f t e r d e v e l o p i n g t h i s b o o k w a s

p u b l i s h e d (b y F i o n a W o o d h e a d L t d . ) i n N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 2 a n d s i n c e

t h e n h a s e x p a n d e d i n t o a s e r i e s o f f o u r s t o r i e s .

T h e b o o k s a r e a b o u t a l i t t l e b o y c a l l e d M a x a n d e v e r y d a y s m a l l

c r e a t u r e s c h i l d r e n s e e i n t h e i r o w n b a c k g a r d e n o r y a r d . S l u g s , w o o d l i c e , s p i d e r s a n d a n t s a l l b e c o m e l e s s s c a r y a s s m a l l p e o p l e

l e a r n a n d l a u g h a b o u t t h e s e m i n i -b e a s t s .

T h e e n t e r t a i n i n g , f r i e n d l y a n d d i s g u s t i n g c h a r a c t e r s i n c r e a s e t h e

i n t e r a c t i o n a n d a t t e n t i o n s p a n o f t h e c h i l d ; e n c o u r a g i n g a c h i l d t o

e n j o y r e a d i n g .

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T o p r o m o t e t h e o n c e u p o n a s l i m e b o o k s F i o n a i s p r o a c t i v e i n

h o l d i n g b o o k r e a d i n g s a t a n u m b e r o f d i f f e r e n t e v e n t s i n c l u d i n g

s c h o o l s , f a i r s a n d r e t a i l o u t l e t s . I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o a r r a n g e a m e e t

t h e a u t h o r d a y p l e a s e j u s t a s k .

T h e o n c e u p o n a s l i m e w e b s i t e i s c o n s t a n t l y b e i n g u p d a t e d w i t h

‘c r a f t y c r e a t u r e ’ c r e a t i o n s , t h e ‘b u g b l o g ’ a n d a ‘c r e a t u r e c h e c k �

l i s t ’ w h e r e s m a l l p e o p l e c a n i d e n t i f y t h e i r o w n i n s e c t s .

'O n c e -u p o n -a - s l i m e , a g a r d e n t a l e a b o u t M a x a n d . . . t h r e e s l u g s ’

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Urgh!

Wheeee!

Slatter wriggled over to a wet spade.

Splurt! Slatter shot slime out of his bottom all down the

handle of the spade to make it extra slippy.

He slid down the spade so quickly that he took off high into the

sky and did a loop-the-loop like an aeroplane!

Slutter the slug crawled out from behind a stone and picked an

old scab off his back.

“Let’s all go and play in the garden!” shouted Slutter.

“Not many other bugs or grubs like the rain and so we don't

have to share any of the toys!”.

follow the slime...

F o u r b o o k s h a v e b e e n r e l e a s e d f r o m t h e s e r i e s : A g a r d e n t a l e a b o u t M a x a n d . . . o n e s p i d e r , t w o w o o d l i c e , t h r e e s l u g s a n d f o u r a n t s .

A c o u p l e o f p a g e s f r o m

t h e o n c e u p o n a s l i m e .

a t a l e a b o u t m a x a n d . . .

t h r e e s l u g s :

Slitter the slug slithered out from inside the wet plant pot and

stretched out his long, slimy, black body.

Slitter opened his mouth wide for a huge yawn and stuck

between his teeth was a rotten piece of lettuce.

He sucked out the mouldy leaf and ate it for his breakfast.

Slurp!

Slatter the slug opened wide one of his sticky slug eyes and

looked around the wet garden.

His long smelly tongue reached up and licked off all his gacky

eye crust.

What a horrible slug!

Disgusting!