Life often sends the gifts we most need wrapped in friendships.Whether they are triumphing in The Worm Olympics Game or convincing all of the others that chickens can do more than chickens have ever done before, Gracie and Bessie are inseparable. But when the other chickens begin to move away to new homes, Gracie and Bessie are left with only each other. Who will be next? What if they are separated? Can they ever find new friends?And what will they do when one of their new friends is a chicken named Pearl who is unlike any other chicken ever?This is the first book in the series titled "Once Through A Garden Gate." It includes full-page illustrations for each chapter and will introduce you to the secret lives of chickens and their friends, the songbirds. Featured in this book are The Robin, The Living Library, and a mysterious raven who leads a flock of crows.