A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.

Alexia is delighted when Mr. Cooper brings in Bob, a hognose snake, as class pet, but when Bob keels over, is Andrea's toy poodle or Alexia's neglect to blame?

Cam investigates when a thief steals her mother's video camera and a tape containing footage of a big scary snake.

Gobbled by a snake, a crafty boy finds a way out of his predictament by encouraging the snake to eat an increasing number of animals.

Dear Reader, if you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery....

On a trip to the snake park with his Uncle Peter, Akimbo has an adventure involving a deadly green mamba snake.