Ellen has a big surprise when she looks into her bathroom mirror - and sees a mysterious girl. It can't be her reflection because reflections don't talk back! The girl says her name is Mirror-Belle and that she's a princess from a magical, faraway palace. Soon Ellen and Mirror-Belle are friends. But Mirror-Belle is very naughty and is about to lead Ellen into all kinds of amazing and exciting adventures.

Jimmy Zest is such trouble. He just can't seem to learn that his plans never work out. That doesn't make him give up on them, though, which is something that annoys his friends. In this third collection of Jimmy Zest stories, his friends still join in as pesky Zesty causes chaos in a castle, tries to scrounge some scones and cooks up a crazy competition in someone else's kitchen.

If you're looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. For Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives. In this dreadful story the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus and much more....