When Vicki takes the day off to be a chief bridesmaid at her best friend's wedding, she leaves the girls to look after themselves, and they plan a very special surprise for her. But by the time the wedding dawns, everything goes wrong. Will the girls and their ponies get there in time?

Jess, Mel, Sam, Amber, Henrietta, Darcy and Cara are lucky enough to be able to spend as much time as they can with their favourite ponies at Vicki's Riding School. Grooming, sweeping the yard, even mucking out is fun when you love ponies as much as they do.

Jess, Mel, Amber, Sam and Cara are lucky enough to be able to spend as much time as they can with their favourite ponies at Vicki's Riding School. Grooming, sweeping the yard, even mucking out is fun when you love ponies as much as they do. As long as you can ride a pony and follow clues you'll be fine . . . With the girls and their ponies all performing so well at the Riding School, Vicki decides to challenge them to something different - a charity Treasure Hunt! All the girls are excited and hoping to win. But snooty livery girl Henrietta is also desperate to come first and when the girls find some surprise treasure during the hunt, it looks like she might just do that . . .

Jess, Mel, Sam, Amber and Cara are lucky enough to be able to spend as much time as they can with their favourite ponies at Vicki's Riding School. Grooming, sweeping the yard, even mucking out is fun when you love ponies as much as they do. Vicki's holding an Easter competition at the stables. But the event is so busy that nobody notices when the newest pony, Carol, goes missing until it's too late! The police aren't hopeful of finding her and Vicki's worried sick. Sam and her friends are desperate to help find Carol, but what can they do?

Amina was found by Auntie Vickie in a cardboard box on her doorstep and has lived with her ever since. She doesn't know who or where her parents are, and she feels misunderstood. When she is bullied by Vickie's son she can't stand it any longer, so she runs away. Squatting in an empty house, she makes friends with Paul, an older teenager. Paul tries to help her find out about her real mother and become reconciled with Auntie Vickie. But the young squatters face eviction and unwelcome attention from those opposed to asylum-seekers. Soon Amina is running again, even though she doesn't know where to run to. All she can cling to is her love of song and her hope that somewhere she will belong.

Two hauntingly atmospheric stories from author/songwriter Leon Rosselson. Both stories feature a child who is seen to be ‘different’ by his/her peer group and both suffer bullying, resolved through a mysterious force, a ghostly spirit. Sarah is a tall awkward girl, very slow and dreamy who a an amazing rapport with animals. Because she is different, she gets teased by her classmates. The teasing becomes taunting and the taunting becomes aggressive bullying. Sarah ignores it but then the leader of the bullying turns his attention towards her cat… but he doesn’t get away with it… The second story features Mark, a child with ‘special needs’ who can only talk through his glove puppet with a monkey face. Because he’s different he gets teased too but he’s befriended by Tim who tries to protect him. When Mark’s glove puppet vanishes, Mark doesn’t come to school. Tim tracks both down and discovers just how and why Mark came to be so different.

A small fish with a big imagination, Eleanor Levenson's goldfish thinks about things like falling in love, getting old, and climate change. But there is one thing that he thinks about every day . . . Illustrated with a wry humor, here are philosophical musings about the meaning of life--and swimming--from a fishy perspective.

Muriel has just been summoned to walk a tightrope at the Queen's big birthday party. But when Muriel arrives at the party, all the pretty paper lanterns have been stolen, and the Queen expects Muriel to solve the mystery.

"These seven amusing playlets, varying from three to five pages in length, are written for just two characters and cetner around holiday themes. Alexander includes no only the usual favorites--Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the Fourth of July, --but also features an April Fool's gorilla, a March lamb and lion, and a Valentine's Day giant and ogre. Props are household itmes, dialogue is short and snappy, roles are conveniently interchangeable for either boys or girls, and the author suggests that the offerings be springboards ot children's own dramatic creativity." --ALA Booklist