Valiente en el Agua

George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvelous medicine to take care of her.

Martina necesitaba huir y olvidar lo que ocurrió en la fiesta. Por eso se fugó en plena noche y acabó en ese pueblo cualquiera, lejos de la ciudad donde ya todos buscan a la chica que desapareció sin dejar ni rastro en el cumpleaños de su novio. "Yo era la sombra de la Araña; era como un complemento suyo, uno que no se quitaba nunca, pero que por sí mismo tampoco importaba apenas". Astrid sabe que la aterrorizada joven que ha aparecido en su casa ha vivido algo muy duro, pero ¿y si con querer ayudarla no basta? Ella no es mucho mayor que la chica y sólo se encuentra allí...

Noah Z. Jones turns well-known fairy tales upside-down in this humorous new series! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. In the Land of Fake Believe, Princess meets a strange girl named Moldylocks. When Princess's stomach grumbles, Moldylocks takes her to the home of the Three Beards. The girls sit in the Beards' chairs, eat their chili, and jump on their beds. The Three Beards are not happy when they get home--and they are very, very hungry! Will Moldylocks and Princess go into the chili pot? With...

"Is that my cat? It can't be." Something's up with this rather large kitty, the same one who used to fit through the cat door and climb trees fearlessly. In true Jonathan Allen style, the story unfolds little by little, page by page, keeping us guessing right until the end, when we get a BIG, happy surprise.