VERO BEACH — Meet Abigail the Snail during story time at the Vero Beach Book Center Friday at 11 a.m. The center is located at 2145 Indian River Blvd.The book was written, illustrated and published entirely in Sebastian by three Indian River County teachers, Michael and Beth Hofer and Fran Walker, joining Miss Julie.Abigail the Snail and Her Purple Sock is the first of 12 books and incorporates colors, rhymes and picture clues to foster a love of reading in preschool children.