It's snowing and Muckeen is looking forward to lots of fun! But - Oh! - where is his dinner? And the water has frozen. What will poor Muckeen do? Trapped in his shed, he is not happy at all. Then he hears a sound: Scrape! Scrape! What can it be? It's Mr and Mrs Farmer. They've dug their way to his shed. But they don't have a food bucket with them. No, instead they're carrying a duvet! They wrap Muckeen in the duvet and take him back to the house. Muckeen gets a huge surprise: as well as the cat and dog, there in the house are all the other animals of the farm - the sheep, the horse, the cows, and the chickens and ducks! They're all lovely and warm while the storm beats down outside. And next day Muckeen has great fun. Mr Farmer finds his old skis and teaches his favourite pig how to ski!

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Pandas .

This book has been graded for interest at 5 years.

There are 64 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2011 by O'Brien Press Ltd .

Fergus Lyons is an artist and lives in the hills of County Sligo. He exhibits his work frequently.