Young readers are first introduced to Three Claws by illustrator Dennis Messner’s visual of Three Claw and his mountain home’s floor plan.  Then, Cari Meister elaborates on how Three Claw uses his claws. But every good story needs a problem to be solved. Three Claw’s problem is, “He has really, really bad breath” which even the other mountain monsters don’t want to be around. When Three Claw doesn’t want to change his diet the happy ending comes when Three Claw is offered the mountain look-out position , away from everyone else, because he has the best vision.