A witty retelling of a well-known fairy tale features the adventures of two children who are abandoned in the forest and lured into the clutches of a witch by her confection cottage. By the creator of the George and Martha series. Reprint.

Lolly, Spider, and Sam, three children lazing on a beach, regale one another with stories, and Spider tells the best and the scariest story about a child-eating monster

Fox has to babysit little sister Louise rather than play with his friends and finds that he can barely keep up with energetic Louise

Lolly, Sam, and Spider decide to tell scary stories in order to make Spider's little brother, Willy, want to go home, but his story turns out to be scarier than theirs

Fox babysits for his sister Louise, learns to climb a tree for some grapes, and wins a shopping cart race

Angry at being forced to keep her promise to a frog, the princess finally resorts to violent action, with unexpected results

The genteel George and Martha, a lovable pair of hippos, learn a valuable lesson about friendship when Martha comments on a friend's artistic ability