by John Righter (Author), Kate Righter (Illustrator)

Barkey is no ordinary turtle. He can talk and do things like people can. He grew up in a family of humans, and before anybody knew it, he was like a human himself. Only he was friends with the animals too. Because he was friends with both humans and animals, he was able to help Santa Claus when it looked like Santa wouldn't make it through. Nobody knew the full story... until now.