The old house lies empty and silent in the moonlight. Across the shadowed garden a small mouse makes its way, and squeezes through a hole in the door. Through the dusty rooms and corridors it patters, quite unaware of the big black cat that comes prowling after it.
When old Peter rescues a seal pup following a storm, he must decide whether to keep it or to set it free and he must explain his action to the children who have come to love it.
Dan would rather dig for dinosaur bones in his back yard than go to a "musty, smelly and dusty" museum with his mother, though all he uncovers is some trash and an odd looking stone which he keeps throwing to his dog Bouncer, to chase.
When her family's Christmas trip has to be cancelled, Laura finds a way to create a special kind of magic for the holiday, with the help of her own special star.
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