Gru wanted to show he was the greatest supervillain by stealing the moon. As a part of his evil plan, he adopted three little girls. But as the girls' daily lives began to interfere with Gru's plans, he realized that he loved them and that they were now his family and he would do anything to protect them.

ARIE KAPLAN is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books. Most recently, he wrote the Despicable Me Little Golden Book, which is available now from Penguin Random House. He also wrote three of the stories in the 5-Minute Avengers Stories fiction anthology for Disney Book Group's Marvel Press imprint. As a nonfiction author, Arie is best known for writing the award-winning From Krakow to Krypton: Jews And Comic Books, published by the Jewish Publication Society.