In this fourth book by R.W. Alley, the four children go another outdoor adventure using imagination as a key element.

This time, Annabelle escapes her two brothers and little sister by going outside into  the snow in search of the South Pole.  “Annabelle stared into the blizzard. Horrors! It was the Abominable Snow Giant!” Annabelle knocks off its head with a snowball. Annabelle and the roly-polies (magically turned into penguins for the South Pole) help put the Snow Giant’s head back on its body once it promises to be good. Annabelle is in luck because the Snow Giant will take her to the South Pole. As Annabelle, the roly-polies, and the Snow Giant arrive at the South Pole, they realize “The Wizard of the World and his gang (AKA Ananbelle’s siblings) had gotten there first.”  They threaten to melt the South Pole using a hot chocolatey potion. Bravely Annabelle swallows the potion saving the world. Off they go “back to base camp,” which remarkably looks just like their house’s front porch.

Young children enjoy figuring out which items in the world of imagination match up with the children’s world of reality.