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You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this Spanish translation of the hysterical and clever fracture fairy tale picture book that twists point of view and perspective, young readers will finally hear the other side of the story of “The Three Little Pigs.” “In this humorous story, Alexander T. Wolf tells his own outlandish version of what really happens during his encounter with the three pigs…. Smith's simplistic and wacky illustrations add to the effectiveness of this fractured fairy tale.”—Children’s Literature Here,...

Originally published in English by Candlewick Press in 2009 under title: Mercy Watson: something wonky this way comes.

Dos niños sedientos de aventuras se pierden en el bosque y terminan topándose por casualidad con dos brujas, ¿qué ocurrirá? Comienza un apasionante viaje en escoba alrededor del mundo. En este viaje, Rubi y Wanda, dos brujas muy divertidas, surcarán el globo visitando muchos lugares. Trabarán amistad con indios y vaqueros en los Estados Unidos, y en África conocerán al leon Jumbo y su amigo, el mono Bibo. Pero al llegar a Japón, la escoba de la bruja Wanda se rompe. ¿Cómo lo solucionarán? ¿Podrán volver a casa los dos niños?

Six-year-old Ana looks forward to growing older and being allowed more responsibility in making the tamales for the family's Christmas celebrations.