Children's author Margaret Mahy describes her home in New Zealand, her life as a writer, and the way she writes.

In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Now she must seize the day if she wants a job. She does this by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level as social secretary. Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia...

"A Grandpa for Christmas:" Retired Hollywood actor Bert O'Reilly, having been estranged from his only daughter, must care for his ten-year-old granddaughter after his daughter is in a car accident and ends up receiving a gift of a lifetime.