Diario de Charlie Small. El mundo subterráneo

Winner at the 2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. A subtle, deceptively simple book about the relationship between a kid and his Grandfather, suffering from Alzeimer’s. Love and understanding are often the best tools for dealing with this problem. And who better to help than a mischievous grandson? Grandpa Monty is a bit confused: he tries to roast the chicken inside the washing machine, he gets towels mixed up with napkins, gloves mixed up with socks, and he’s always forgetting my name! My mom and uncle Andrew are worried things could get worse, so they decided it was best if Grandpa ...

After their father dies, Alex's and Connor's grandmother gives them The Land of Stories, a very special, magical book. It transports them to a land of the same name, where fairy tales are brought to life. The only way to get back home is the wishing spell. Someone else, however, is trying to gather the ingredients needed for the spell. Who will find what they need first: the twins or the evil queen?

One day Matilda Florists found a rag doll in the garden of her house; it was Christina Carrot, not just a simple doll, but one with an ability to discover the magic in things through their smell. This makes Christina Carrot a very special character, not only within the family that adopts her, but with all the inhabitants of the region, who experience charming adventures in the company of Christina Carrot.

La historia se desarrolla en un reino lejano y aparentemente perfecto. Un día llega un viejo a advertirle al rey que su reino tiene un grave problema, y muere al instante. El rey llama a los caballeros más famosos para ofrecerles un gran tesoro a cambio de que encuentren el problema y lo combatan; pero lejos de encontrar el problema, los caballeros se maravillan de la riqueza del reino y se instalan en sitios paradisiacos, aprovechando todo lo que la tierra les ofrece. Con el tiempo, los recursos naturales y humanos del reino van acabándose, hasta que el rey finalmente se da cuenta de que...