Joan Carris

The peaceful life of a boy with dyslexia is interrupted when his great-aunt, who has a morbid fascinatiion with ghosts, moves in.

The family animals at the Bed and Biscuit begin to feel slighted when Dr. Bender returns from a fire with something that occupies the time usually reserved for them.

The family of animals at the Bed and Biscuit are expected to welcome and help protect Malicia, a mean-spirited city chicken who tours with a magic show, but all are afraid of her temper and powers.