For millennia, the Makers' Life Probes explored the farthest reaches of space in search of the secret behind faster-than-light speed. In the 22nd century, the people of Earth made a pact with this far-flung civilization-all of the Makers' intelligence in exchange for help in their mission. Three hundred years later, descendants of the original Procyon expedition have returned to Earth in a starship. They find a world that has forgotten the generations-old...

Learn about raccoons and their world.

Digger and the other trucks are ready for bed until two mischievous raccoons appear who are not tired?-?AT ALL?-?and the big machines decide just a few more minutes of playtime won't hurt?-?or will it?

"This story starts, as stories often do, with a tragedy. Three bunnies are left without their mother when she goes off to Brazil to learn jiujitsu. The bunnies, Flop, Biggie and Boingie, learn some hard truths about life pretty quick: squirrels will take over your cozy nest as soon as you leave and refuse to give it back, dogs are to be avoided at all costs and raccoons will believe anything you tell them. With quick thinking, ingenuity and maybe...

Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.

"Donny and Walter were creatures of habit. They did the same thing every day. These friends were an unstoppable duo. Well, except when it came to finding new friends to play with"--

What happens when all the worms are gone? One by one, a raccoon farmer gets rid of the worms in its field. When the field is finally clean, the farmer finds out something's wrong. No potatoes will grow! Something is wrong with the soil. Will the farmer ever fix the soil in the field? What will help the potatoes grow?

Simple text and photographs introduce the habitat, appearance and behavior of raccoons.