When a little bear neglects to drink the soup the other bears use to prepare for their winter sleep, she finds herself virtually alone, enjoying the solitary adventure until the wolves howl and she longs to join her slumbering family...
This very tall tale . . . introduces Victor, an orange octopus who "slithered out of his cave in Puget Sound" to take in the nearby sights. Attaching himself, as it were, to the boy's family, the tentacled invertebrate climbs Mount Rainier, goes to t...