The Wacky Winter on Wiggly Way introduces middle readers to the concepts of fear, loss and doubt through the eyes of Stuart, a carnival storyteller, his partner the talking mouse and some new friends the pair make in the unlikeliest of places. Looking for a room to rent for the winter, Stuart and Henry Houdini the Magical Mouse arrive at the boarding house at One Wiggly Way. Piggly Wiggly, the angry landlord, offers him a room as long as he abides by a few specific rules, the first being, "No Pets." Even though Stuart knows his rent money will pay for more bricks for the monstrous wall Piggly...