Can a Key Deer Save Christmas ? - Hardcover

by Holly Joy Eddleston (Author), Blueberry Illustrations (Illustrator)

This Christmas adventure hopes to bring attention to the endangered Key deer as it explores the amazing Florida Key islands and introduces some of the animals that make these islands their home.

In the beautiful Florida Keys on Christmas Eve, Santa is stranded. One of his reindeer lost a magical bell and without the bell, the reindeer are struggling to fly. But Winnie McKee, a tiny Key deer, hopes to save Christmas with the help of her animal friends. In Key West, a rooster helps Winnie McKee find the magical bell and then introduces her to a manatee that takes her to the National Key Deer Refuge in Big Pine. She then gets the assistance of two dolphins to make it across Seven Mile Bridge to Marathon. Once there, a tricky hawk tries to steal the magical bell, but then decides to help Winnie McKee in an effort to get on Santa's nice list. On a fishing boat from Marathon to Islamorada, Winnie McKee meets a crab who helps her get passage to Key Largo on a raft with some friendly sea turtles. Finally, Winne McKee meets Santa at the Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, where he exclaims, "Christmas is saved! Thank you, Winnie McKee! Who would have known that the tiniest deer would have the bravest heart. This Key deer saved Christmas!"