Virginia Kahl

Although her family is imprisoned in a strange land on Christmas, Gunhilde still has her book containing all the ingredients for a happy holiday.

The thirteen daughters of the Duchess and Duke bring home a friendly dragon that delivers a number of surprises.

It is Christmas in the castle, and the King is coming to dinner, which the Duchess and her 13 daughters are preparing. But the King insists on plum pudding, and there are no plums.

On Halloween Gunhilde and her twelve sisters are led astray by a wicked old witch who turns them into small brown toads.

During his journey Christopher discovers his family's warnings about monsters and sea creatures well-founded, but as for giants--well, it depends on your point of view.

The townspeople must figure a way to save Phinney, the friendly serpent in the lake, from the hunters that are sent to kill the "monster."

Although there is only one small white cat in their village, the residents convince inquiring authorities that each household has a cat of its own.