Mudgy & Millie Helping Santa at Silverlake

      The Lake City’s favorite characters – Mudgy and Millie – will help out Santa this Saturday at the Silverlake Mall.

The title characters from “Mudgy & Millie,” along with volunteers from the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Foundation, will make appearances at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Dec. 17, at Santa’s booth while St. Nick takes a break.

Volunteers will have copies of the book and the “Mudgy & Millie” plush animals for sale beginning at 10 a.m. and continuing until 3 p.m. Author Susan Nipp and sculptor Terry Lee – whose bronzes of the mythical moose and mouse can be seen along the Mudgy Trail in Coeur d’Alene – will be on hand to sign books.

“Mudgy & Millie” was written by Nipp and illustrate by Charles Reasoner and was first published in 2008. All royalties from the book and from the sale of “Mudgy & Millie” merchandise go to the Library Foundation.