A read-aloud holiday story for all ages.When Pinky Mouse disobeys his parents and sneaks out of their dusty attic home to learn the meaning of Christmas, he finds himself in danger from Tiger the cat and a mean-looking mousetrap. Oh dear! The cuckoo clock doesn't know and the cat only wants to eat him! How can he find out about Christmas?A read-aloud holiday story for all ages.When Pinky Mouse disobeys his parents and sneaks out of their dusty attic home to learn the meaning of Christmas, he finds himself in danger from Tiger the cat and a mean-looking mousetrap! And when he asks the Cuckoo clock about Christmas, a little bird pops out and chirps, "Cuckoo-Cuckoo!"Oh dear! If the Cuckoo bird doesn't know and the cat only wants to eat him, how will he ever find out about Christmas?(Primary and middle-grade fiction.)

For someone afraid of the dark, living in the Arctic is a severe test of courage. Ten-year-old Jean-Paul struggles to hide his fear and adjust to life in the NWT, where he is taunted by a group of Inuit boys because of his lameness caused by a birth defect. Forced imprisonment in a haunted igloo proves to be one of the most severe challenges to face Jean-Paul in the harsh Arctic environment.