Stella watches in amusement as her brother Sam teaches Fred the dog new tricks.

Stella and her friend Sam discover a winter landscape transformed by a heavy snowfall. It is Sam's first snowstorm, so he has lots of questions, and Stella shows him the delights of winter: building snowmen, skating, sledding, and making snow angels.

Sam is as busy and worried as ever, and Stella almost always has her nose in a book these days, but she finds time to help him out, while sharing her new pastime with contagious enthusiasm.

Another adventure begins in this book in the Stella and Sam series as the pair explores the wonders of the natural world. A vast luminous sky, the sun, the stars and the rising moon form the backdrop for their nocturnal expedition. As they encounter raccoons, fireflies, tree frogs and bats, Sam wonders if the moon can swim, if the sun wears pajamas or if he can catch shooting stars with his butterfly net. Stella, as always, has an answer for every...