Books in Family Adventures series

When Lisa Onions' magical Great Aunt Gladys turns up unexpectedly in her flying dustbin, Lisa is whisked off on a brand new adventure. This time it is Lisa's cousin, Gary Spriggs, who seems to be in need of help. He has turned from a kind, helpful boy into the most feared bully at Orange Road Primary School, and his main target is a skinny boy who works hard in class - Sam Harrison. Lisa joins the school as Aunt Gladys's undercover helper. Together with a new gang of friends, she seeks to unravel the mystery of Gary's sudden change.

"Students will love learning about the way of life of raccoons and the challenges they face as babies and adults. An exciting narrative format supported by fun facts, questions, and activities, tells the story of one of the most adaptable animals on Earth. Raccoons eat almost anything, live in many kinds of habitats, including cities, can climb buildings as well as trees, and are able to change to overcome many challenges. This story follows a raccoon family's nightly adventures in a forest near a suburban community, as they look for food in both their natural habitat and people's back yards. What other animals will they meet? Readers will be asked to write about their own experiences with these cute but often challenging animals."--

This story you are going to read was told to me by a chicken I met from a battery egg stand. The poor woman was locked in a cage with the lights on twenty-four hours a day. They did that with the intention of deceiving her, so she wouldn't fall asleep and lay eggs and more eggs without stopping. That hen was not alone on the floor: hundreds of them, by their side, laid an egg behind another, clumping extraordinary stories that only the initiated hens knew ...