Ma Otter and her loving son Emmet, hoping to buy each other special Christmas presents, both make sacrifices to enter a talent show in attempts to win a talent show prize of fifty dollars.
An account of the author's life on the northwest coast of Scotland describing his constant companions Mijbil and Edal, the otters, and other animals who shared his life there.
This book traces the growth of North American baby river otters, describing their eating habits, their wrestling with each other, and finally their swimming.