One Christmas Eve, three friends - a bear, a moose and a beaver - were so busy making preparations, they forgot about the Christmas tree!

So out they ran to find the perfect, sweet-smelling, soft-needled pine. But the bear, who loved all trees, wouldn't let his friends cut it down! Nicholas Oldland's new title - part of the award winning 'Life in the Wild' series - celebrates the joys, and happy compromises, of Christmas.