New friends Sika and Shen try to beat the odds and win the Great Northern Race--in a sled pulled by a team of sixty-six pugs--in hopes of meeting the Snowfather and having him grant their wish.

Get ready for mischievous monkeys, moving islands, and a splashy adventure with illustrations on almost every page. When Oliver's explorer parents go missing, he sets sail to find them with some new friends. There is a grumpy albatross, a nearsighted mermaid . . . even a living island, but the high seas are more exciting and strange than Oliver could have imagined. Can he and his crew spar with sarcastic seaweed, outrun an army of sea monkeys, win...