Dulcie the fairy, who likes to work hard as head baker for Queen Clarion, reluctantly takes a vacation.

Leonora wants to cast her own spells, but her family says she isn't ready yet.

Betty's bakery has been burgled, and it's up to the Gumshoe Zoo to solve the criminal conundrum of who stole (and ate) the purloined pastries.

Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of seeing the world but has never left Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.