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It is December, and there are many things for the family to do around the farm to get it ready for winter.

Georgia Thackery, an adjunct English professor, has a new job teaching at Falstone College of Art and Design, known as FAD to its students and faculty. Living in a borrowed bungalow during winter in the snowiest part of Massachusetts, Georgia feels her isolation weighing as heavily as the weather. Then she receives a package containing her best friend, Sid, a walking, talking skeleton who has lived with the Thackery family since Georgia was six. With...

Princess Solveig and her siblings are trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen fjord, along with her best friend and an army of restless soldiers, all awaiting news of the king's victory in battle, but as they wait for winter's end and the all-encompassing ice to break, acts of treachery make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst.

The beaver flood has finally frozen perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it s Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment. Finally, it arrives: the full moon. They huff and puff through logging trails, farms, back roads and tamarack swamps, the powdery snow soaking pant legs and boots, till they see it their perfect ice, waiting. And the game is on.

A fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid.

Christmas has arrived with so many rules to follow that David fears his mistakes will cause Santa to pass him by.

After hearing about winter from his friends, Hedgie the hedgehog tries to stay awake to experience its wonders.

Fox loves to frolic, but his friends worry, because he doesn't want to think about preparing for winter. Finally, Fox wishes upon a star.

Lucy the field mouse's friends avoid going outdoors in winter until Lucy introduces the delights of skating.

As Christmas arrives in Miradero, Lucky misses living in the city, but she enjoys riding with her friends, and they are able to help others when wintry weather causes problems.