Concerned that Santa will not be able to find them aboard the Sea Rat, Pete and the other pirate kids plot a course to the North Pole, where the ship gets stuck in a sheet of ice.
Losing a modeling job after suffering an injury while playing with her brothers, Emma harbors jealousy toward a mean girl who was chosen to be her substitute and worries that the loss of income will prevent her from buying holiday gifts for her family.
Presents an illustrated tale of a gift of fourteen cows given by the Maasai people of Kenya to the U.S. as a gesture of comfort and friendship in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001.