Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin.
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
Provides directions for creating puppets, games, jewelry, toys, and other craft projects related to twenty favorite children's stories, including "The Little Engine that Could," "The Three Little Pigs," and "Peter Pan.".
The time travel missions continue for Mattie, her brother Alex, and sister Sophie when they meet the superstitious villagers in Washington Irving's classic story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and must help fearful Ichabod Crane win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel.
When hard-shelled detective Humpty Dumpty, Jr. investigates the break-in of the Pat-a-Cake Bakery and the kidnapping of its owner, the trail of clues leads to a ne'er-do-well pancake.
When a ghost starts haunting Merlin's Institute for the Knowledge of Everything and demands its magic back, hard-shelled detective Humpty Dumpty, Jr. is called in to solve the case.
Gracie Pearl has until sundown to find some gold to pay the rent to Mr. Bigglebottom, or he will take back the family gold mine and force her to marry him.
