Johnnie looks forward to weekends when he visits his grandmother, who lives outside the city of Singapore in a little house in an orchard, with only her animals for company. Based on the author/artist's childhood memories.
In 1914, because her family cannot afford a train ticket to her grandmother's town, May gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train to see her grandmother.
Forced into the barrio by her grandmother's death, Concepcion takes with her a legacy of chili, corn, and bean seeds and finds that they hold the key to her survival.
Although filled with anger over her parents' disappearance, eleven-year-old Sabrina Grimm--along with her grandmother, sister, and several fairy-tale characters--tries to discover who has killed her teacher.
Sabrina and Daphne Grimm return to New York City to investigate the death of an important Everafter, and discover a secret that might lead them to the Scarlet Hand.
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.