After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.

Catastrophes and misfortune continue to plague the Baudelaire orphans after they're sent to live with fearful Aunt Josephine who offers little protection against Count Olaf's treachery.

"In the years since this publishing house was founded, we have worked with an array of wondrous authors who have brought illuminating clarity to our bewildering world. Now, instead, we bring you Lemony Snicket. Over the course of his long and suspicious career, Mr. Snicket has investigated many things, including villainy, treachery, conspiracy, ennui, and various suspicious fires. In this book, he is investigating his own death. Poison for Breakfast...

When apprentice Lemony Snicket and his chaperone are hired to find a missing girl, they try to determine where she was last seen and whether she is a runaway or a kidnapping victim. Soon, however, they realize they are going about their investigation in an entirely wrong manner, and shift their focus in order to understand the larger issues at stake.

A lump of coal that wants to be an artist, but would settle for making decorative marks on a piece of grilled meat, rolls out of a forgotten bag of charcoal one winter and takes a spin through town seeking a miracle.

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. Después de la repentina muerte de sus padres, los tres niños Baudelaire deberán depender uno del otro y de su ingenio cuando resulta que uno de sus parientes lejanos es señalado como su tutor, el...

"Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case"--

After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Conde Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetoligist with whom they life happily for an all-too-brief time.