"Have you ever had a dream that seemed real? Or felt that real life seemed like a dream?"

It's the day before Christmas, Bert Raccoon is singing carols, the Evergreen Forest is covered in snow, and someone's cutting down all the trees...

Wait a minute, that's not very festive!

While Ranger Dan is called out to catch the tree thief, his two children are more concerned about not having a Christmas tree of their own.

Setting out on a tree hunt, Julie, Tommy, and their old sheepdog, Schaeffer, find the tree of their dreams – and as luck would have it, it's already been chopped down. But this tree is special. It happens to be the home of the Raccoons...

This book is based on the original Raccoons film from 1980, which celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary this year.

This new series of books has been specifically created to encourage parents to read along with their children. Each easy-read novel has seven chapters, one for each day of the week, and each chapter contains beautiful illustrations by Terry Cooper based on the original TV series’ artwork. Alongside this, the books feature QR codes which allow the reader to access additional interactive video and music content, bringing these classic stories back to life!

For children who grew up in the mid-’80s, early ’90s The Raccoons was required viewing. Mixing anarchic humour with great storytelling, this classic Canadian animation TV series focused on the exploits of Bert Raccoon, his best friend Cedric Sneer, Melissa and Ralph, Schaeffer the dog, and, of course, the dastardly pink aardvark, Cyril Sneer.