The Fairy Tea

There’s going to be another cooking contest in the village at the Twinkling Toad’s Tearoom. The spirited Aunt Harriet, unknown to her niece, has entered her into it! Listen, spellbound, to how the little Sherlocks and Goldilocks solve the unfolding Crime of the Century—The Fairydust Mystery!Next, find out how a certain pawnshop owner sets a trap for a little trickster of a fairy—Teddy Twinkletoes! After being outfitted for a running contest by the luscious shop girl, Patrice Poodle, find out what happens when the family enters the Rat Race Marathon. A big and sweet boy, Barry the Bear, becomes a new friend to the family and saves the day. When Petunia and Harriet go to visit Farmer Brown’s, they get a real eyeful! Nellie, the prima donna cow, is once again up to some of her coy tricks! It seems that anything with water in it is a mirror for the admiring bovine’s reflection! There are lots of yummy recipes too…Excerpt: While Petunia waited impatiently for the cookies to bake, she had to stop herself from downing a spoonful of the raw cookie dough.Aunt Harriet had soberly warned her before, “You do know, Pet, what eating raw eggs can do? You’ve heard of—The Back-Door Trots, The Tennessee Two-Step, Montezuma’s Revenge, and Thunder Down Under!“Even though my eggs are as fresh as the day they were hatched, some other hen’s definitely aren’t! They let them sit around for nearly a century it seems. Then they wonder why they get old and smell like, well, hum—rotten eggs!”