cover image TOOT & PUDDLE: 
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

TOOT & PUDDLE: I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Holly Hobbie, . . Little, Brown, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-316-36623-6

Come canceled flights or high snowdrifts, piglet pals Toot & Puddle will be together for Christmas in Hobbie's latest series charmer. Globe-trotting Toot, who has been in Scotland for a family reunion (and who has a tam and tartan kilt to show for it), promises homebody Puddle that he'll make it back to Woodcock Pocket for Christmas. But severe winter weather nearly derails that plan. Luckily, a magical heirloom and a certain red-suited sleigh driver help Toot along. Hobbie's chipper text and alternately cozy and funny watercolors are as winning as ever. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)