Yarbi and the Ice Beast (Fukuinkan Creative Children's Story Series)

Winter has arrived once again in the tranquil lakeside region of Mudguide Water. The small creatures that live there, Yarbi and his family, will soon settle into their comfortable beds and enter a long slumber until spring. Legend says that long ago, Yarbi's ancestors made a pact with the ancient beings known as "Ice Beasts" to make winter the season of the "Ice Beasts." However, Yarbi is worried about his friend Yon, a hoverfly larva that lives in a hollow in a tree, and ventures out into the snow-covered ground to check on him. At the same time, with the students away for winter break, ghost sightings are brewing at the boarding school where only Mr. Utadori and his teachers remain. "Ice Beasts," "Winter Soldiers," "Wandering Students, Beautiful," "A Lair of Underground Passages"—the mysteries passed down through Yarbi's and humans' traditions become unexpectedly intertwined, leading Yarbi and Mr. Utadori on an adventure. The long-awaited third installment in the series, following "Yarbi on the Shore" and "Yarbi's Deep Autumn."