B is for BEER!

Five-year-old Gracie Perkel has a seemingly insatiable curiosity about that funny liquid her father drinks to make himself feel happy and dizzy. One night, Gracie takes matters into her own hands and chugs a whole can of beer, tasting the delicious golden froth as it travels down her throat. She promptly smashes her birthday cake, jumps on her bed, sings Aretha Franklin into a hairbrush, vomits into her carpet, and passes out. Moments later, she's awoken by The Beer Fairy, who takes her on a magical journey to discover where beer comes from, how it's made, the wonderous courage that beer can make you feel, but also the dangers that ensue when too much beer is consumed. Then Gracie returns home, forever changed. Partly because of the magical journey, but more so because her drunk father is divorcing the family, taking the house and the money, and forcing Gracie and her mother to live in a dingy one-bedroom apartment while the mother works part time at a donut shop. BEER! The magic of BEER! Don't worry, though, everything turns out nicely in the end. As it always does.