What kid wouldn’t like to become best friends with a monster? (It’s a simple question.) And Champ isn’t just any monster. He’s a bona fide celebrity who, according to myth, inhabits the depths of Lake Champlain.

After Champ and our story’s heroine romp and frolic through the majestic scenery of rural Vermont, they happen upon the place that means the most to her – an enchanting meadow with a gigantic maple tree at its center. It is there that they create a whole new mythology all their own, a tale of friendship that you and your children are sure to love.

“In the hills of Vermont Near a lake called Champlain, If you cut through the woods On an old country lane, You’ll come to a meadow With one maple tree, That’s almost as high As a person can see.”