Hansel and Gretel and the Cheddar Trail

Fiona & Frieda's Fairy Tale Adventures

by Nadia Higgins, Meredith Johnson (Illustrator)

Fiona and Frieda's Girls United Troop 895 is on a mission to clean up the Forest Street Subway Station. After the girls stray from the group, they find themselves totally, completely, hopelessly lost. As lost as … Hansel and Gretel! Fiona and Frieda are as scared as two bugs on their backs, but they know what they have to do. They have to use their magic rhyming powers and enter the realm of fairy tales. It's the only way to help Hansel and Gretel get home--even if the witchiest-witch ever locks them in a cage, or worse! Can they find their way out of the subway or have they lost their cheddar trail? Find out in this entertaining, illustrated chapter book suitable for read alouds and beginning chapter book readers. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-8.

79 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Nadia Higgins is the author of 50-plus books for children. She also worked as an editor in the industry for almost ten years. Many of her books have a science bent, though she’s also written about pop stars, car art, and zombies.

Nadia's favorite part of being a writer is doing research. "I'm always looking for that vivid detail or off-the-wall fact," she says. Her books often use humor or fiction techniques to bring a nonfiction topic to life.

Besides writing, Nadia enjoys dancing, making soup, and doing puzzles. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two young daughters.