"Hatchet" concludes with Brian Robeson's rescue from the wilderness. "But what if Brian hadn't been rescued? What if Brian had been left to confront his deadliest enemy -- winter?" -- Publisher's text.

Though Old Man Winter starts off the day feeling grumpy, his mood improves when he is reminded of how special he really is.

A child describes pleasant ways to stay warm during the winter, from sipping hot chocolate and eating grilled cheese sandwiches to wearing woolly sweaters and sitting near a glowing fireplace.

A mouse tries many new things when he and his father go out and play in the snow.

Disney princesses from Snow White to Cinderella enjoy indoor and outdoor wintertime activities, from baking cookies and drinking hot cocoa to riding through the snow in a sleigh.

Quack, a duck, decides to stay with his friend Woof, a dog, rather than fly south for the winter, with unexpected results.

When the first snow of the year falls on the first day of winter, all the snow people have a snow party.

When Old Man Winter lets his snow ponies out of the barn, they run into the world, and everything that they touch turns white.

"Adventure awaits in another exciting trip through Happy County...Farmer Del rides his tractor through the crops all summer long; Jimmy and Sammy search for Grammy Tammy in the autumn corn maze; Dolly and Molly build an igloo with the fresh winter snow; and Mr. Humdinger's flower garden buzzes with pollination when spring arrives"--