On Christmas Eve, the Gravenstein family stays for a few weeks in Valleby Hotel. They have a very valuable Japanese Apple Hound. The hotel personnel prepares a big traditional Christmas celebration, but soon the problems begin. The dog has dissapeared. Billy and Maya again has a tricky case to solve.
Faithful Dog Tom has woken up Farmer Skiboo. It is the middle of the night, but all the farm animals think it is morning. Have they gone mad?'
Ronald is a little lamb, but he isn't white as snow. Ronald wants to be tough. Is he tough enough for the Big Bad Wolf.'
Who is the uninvited guest wearing a creepy costume at Prince Prospero's ball? Can a man be driven mad by the "sounds" of the crime he has committed? These spine-tingling stories and others by Edgar Allan Poe are adapted for a first chapter book reader.