Never a conventional princess, Harriet becomes an adventurer after learning she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her twelfth birthday, but after two years of slaying ogres, cliff-diving, and more with her riding quail, Mumfrey, things go awry at home and she must seek a prince to set things right.

The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

"A pet hamster is enticed by the family cat to venture outside his well-equipped cage to the sunroom only to very quickly discover life outside his cage is not the best for him."--

When Sam's second grade class goes on a field trip to a science museum, he cannot resist bringing the class pet along.

"New Mouse City was in a panic. A strange epidemic had broken out --mice everywhere were covered in weird blue spots. Mouse Island's most famouse doctor immediately set to work with his team to try to find the cure--but someone was trying to stop him. Could I figure out who before I ended up blue myself?"--Page 4 of cover.

After moving to a new house, Poky the beagle befriends Charlie the hamster, who was accidentally left behind by the previous owners.

Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.

When second-grader Eugene and his family move to a new neighborhood and he starts at a new school, he has a chance to bring out his superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, to find the kidnapped class hamster.

A little girl in a red cape asks for Princess Harriet Hamsterbone's help with a pack of weasel-wolves who want to eat her grandmother, but after meeting everyone, Harriet is not sure whom to trust.

Harriet's hamster, Twinkle, is in trouble and Harriet tries to rescue him.