Otto and the Secret Light of Christmas by Nora Surojegin & Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin Katie Clemons water and land

water and land

and Things to Hear are chock-full of enticing suggestions of what to focus on during your tramps in fields and woods

There are sections on strange plants and those that are endangered

including a German Shepherd

and laughing day or night and whatever the weather

Otto and the Secret Light of Christmas by Nora Surojegin & Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin Katie Clemons water and landOne day Otto, an elfin adventurer, finds a postcard on the seashore showing pictures of beautiful sparkling lights in the night sky with the words, 'The light of Christmas!' If this 'Christmas' can brighten even the gloomiest Finnish winter, Otto decides he must find it. So he heads north, trudging through dark forests and skiing towards the fells of Lapland, in search of the secret light of Christmas. On his way he meets the mighty Kekri, king of the