Karin Littlewood

Day after day in the frozen North, a young Inuit girl catches brightly-colored objects while ice fishing and uses them to decorate her igloo, until the ice begins to melt and she drops in a gift of her own before leaving for the season.

Catherine is a very special girl, and while she cannot walk and talk like other children, she can do other extraordinary things, including walk in her special boots, clap very softly, and listen to others very well.

The new boy in a British school finds it difficult to make friends until he loses his treasured toy elephant which reminds him of his home in India.