Brenda Gibbons is a retired teacher of young children. Much of her teaching career was spent abroad in the Caribbean, Middle East and Far East and she travelled extensively in these areas. She now lives in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside. Her interests throughout her life have been the natural world, exploring other cultures and art in its many forms.
Little Jigme is a Tibetan spaniel who lives in the Himalayas, which are the highest mountains in the world. His home is a Tibetan monastery, where he is looked after by the chief lama and the other monks. He is curious to know what snow is like higher up the mountain. He decides to leave the monaste...