Bookworm Veronica Lopez and high school royalty Heather Simms must find their way back home to New Jersey after being zapped into the pages of a fantasy novel.

As she tries to settle down for a nap, a mouse who lives in a shoe is visited first by Tortoise and Hare, then by Little Red Hen, and lastly by the Big Bad Wolf.

Characters from nursery rhymes populate a tale that highlights the colorful aspects of the familiar poems, with a key to the nursery rhymes referenced in the story.

The wolf from "The Three Little Pigs" shows up at a party attended by lots of piggies, but his plans for dinner are disrupted by the pigs from "This Little Piggy Went to Market."

As the Ferryport Landing court hears the trial of the Big Bad Wolf, the Grimms must find evidence to prove the wolf is innocent, even if they are not convinced he shouldn't be behind bars.

Katie, Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery involving lederhosen-clothed quintuplets and a screaming ventriloquist.

After returning from a trip to the library, eleven-year-old Anne and her younger brother and sister discover a magic book which sends them on adventures in which they meet Robin Hood, giant bugs, and a dark, sinister man with a wolfish face.

Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin.