Books with author Valerio Fabbretti

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, solve a sweet and spooky new mystery in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers!Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, have a new case…they are staying in a hotel in town that might be haunted! Will Hamster Holmes get to the bottom of this mystery? Or will it keep him up at night? Find out how they get to the bottom of it in this book that includes a backmatter section for detectives-in-training!

For Elspeth Pule, life is dull and lonely in the real world, where she misses her good friends, Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, and Rodney, a giant talking wheel of cheese. So when she gets a surprise visit and a desperate plea for help from Georgie Porgie and Gene the blabbermouth stick, Elspeth agrees immediately. After holding her breath until she is blue in the face, Elspeth opens her eyes and finds herself back in a land where storybook characters are real. Here she learns that a horrible witch named Mary Mary Quite Contrary has kidnapped King William the Umpteenth's wife and taken her into a dark forest. To free her, Elspeth and her ragtag crew will have to pay the witch's ransom . . . or else. Can Elspeth use her bravery, smarts, and just a little bit of ill temper to thwart the evil witch and rescue her friend? Told with a hilarious irreverent voice, this rambunctious tale is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Pseudonymous Bosch.

For Elspeth Pule, life is dull and lonely in the real world, where she misses her good friends, Humpty Dumpty, Bo Peep, and Rodney, a giant talking wheel of cheese. So when she gets a surprise visit and a desperate plea for help from Georgie Porgie and Gene the blabbermouth stick, Elspeth agrees immediately. After holding her breath until she is blue in the face, Elspeth opens her eyes and finds herself back in a land where storybook characters are real.Here she learns that a horrible witch named Mary Mary Quite Contrary has kidnapped King William the Umpteenth's wife and taken her into a dark forest. To free her, Elspeth and her ragtag crew will have to pay the witch's ransom . . . or else. Can Elspeth use her bravery, smarts, and just a little bit of ill temper to thwart the evil witch and rescue her friend?Told with a hilarious irreverent voice, this rambunctious tale is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Pseudonymous Bosch.

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, track down a missing comb in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers!Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt’s friend Ouchy the Porcupine lost his favorite comb! He thought he left it in the park, but when he went back to look for it, the comb was nowhere to be found. Can Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt help Ouchy solve the mystery?

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, solve a colorful new mystery in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers!Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, have a new case…and for the first time, Hamster Holmes is stumped. It all began when an owl named Rufus Feathers started to design a new tile patio for his house, and the yellow tiles went missing. The hardest part of this case? There is only one clue! Will this be the case that finally stumps Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt?

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, find a trail of clues in an inventor’s workshop in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers!Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt are called upon to investigate at the home of their friend, an inventor who thinks someone is trying to steal his ideas! At first, it seems like an open-and-shut case, until they find a new clue: a trail of freshly made footprints that ends suddenly. What kind of animal makes tracks like that? Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt are on the case, but will they discover the culprit before the inventions are lost forever?

When Elspeth Pule, an eleven-year-old brat, wakes up one day in a strange forest, she finds some familiar faces around her--those of the nursery rhyme characters she grew up reading about. But as she soon learns from Humpty Dumpy, a suave, tuxedo-wearing egg, what she knows is a twisted version of the truth concocted by the evil Old King Krool--and none of the characters are who she thinks.Elspeth couldn't care less, but she soon gets pulled into the fight against Krool's tyranny. And if she wants to get home, she'll need to learn some compassion--and teach the characters that sometimes a good old-fashioned tantrum is exactly what's necessary.Told in a hilarious voice and with black and white illustrations throughout, this "revolutionary" tale is perfect for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch and Lemony Snicket.

When Elspeth Pule, an eleven-year-old brat, wakes up one day in a strange forest, she finds some familiar faces around her--those of the nursery rhyme characters she grew up reading about. But as she soon learns from Humpty Dumpy, a suave, tuxedo-wearing egg, what she knows is a twisted version of the truth concocted by the evil Old King Krool--and none of the characters are who she thinks.Elspeth couldn't care less, but she soon gets pulled into the fight against Krool's tyranny. And if she wants to get home, she'll need to learn some compassion--and teach the characters that sometimes a good old-fashioned tantrum is exactly what's necessary.Told in a hilarious voice and with black and white illustrations throughout, this "revolutionary" tale is perfect for fans of Pseudonymous Bosch and Lemony Snicket.

Elspeth Pule can throw a tantrum the way a pro quarterback can throw a football. In other words, she's very good at it. So when her parents refuse to buy her a pet alpaca, she screams, hollers, and holds her breath until she passes out cold.When she wakes she finds herself in a magical kingdom inhabited by characters she only thought she knew.Humpty Dumpty is a 007-type spy, Bo-Peep is highly trained in the art of Shaolin stick fighting, and Old King Cole is really Old King Krool, an evil tyrant who has banished Dumpty, Bo-Peep, and their friends to the forest--and to a life of poverty and oppression.Self-centered as she is, Elspeth couldn't care less about their plight. But if she ever wants to see home again, she will have to make a few new friends . . . and show them that sometimes a good old-fashioned tantrum is exactly what's needed.

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, track down a missing comb in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers!Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt’s friend Ouchy the Porcupine lost his favorite comb! He thought he left it in the park, but when he went back to look for it, the comb was nowhere to be found. Can Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt help Ouchy solve the mystery?

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, solve a sweet and spooky new mystery in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers!Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, have a new case…they are staying in a hotel in town that might be haunted! Will Hamster Holmes get to the bottom of this mystery? Or will it keep him up at night? Find out how they get to the bottom of it in this book that includes a backmatter section for detectives-in-training!