Spendthrift Mary Lyall is given a moneybank to teach her the value of saving. But the moneybank has an evil influence that is turning Mary into a miser and putting money into it that she shouldn’t.
Julia Casson’s divorced parents return from overseas, having remarried. This leaves Julia with three “mums” – her mother, new stepmother and Auntie Joyce. Each mum has different ideas on what is best for Julie, such as which school she is to attend. This causes a lot quarrelling, and Julia is caught in the middle.
Susie Carr’s mother decides to try fostering and takes in Bettina Dickson, a girl from a broken home and once punished for shoplifting. But Susie secretly hates Bettina and is playing tricks to get rid of her.
Artist: Rodney Sutton
Text story. Henry the horse tells the story of his life.
When rising pop star Jeff Collins loses his voice, he owes his agent Mr Winter a lot of money. Mr Winter wants his money back and insists Jeff perform despite his illness. Jeff’s twin sister Jodie takes his place in secret. When Jodie finds out what an unpleasant man Mr Winter is, she decides to investigate his dealings with Jeff.
Karen Walton thinks her dad is pretty dull in comparison to the trendy dads that some of her school friends have. So when her friends mistake Dave Drummond, the Walton’s dashing next-door neighbour, for her father, she does not correct them and starts pretending Mr Drummond is her father.
Jill Jordan’s parents give her second place to her pretty younger sister Lindy. Then Great-Aunt Eva leaves a fortune in trust to the Jordan family – with the condition that any spending of the money must be approved by Jill. All of a sudden, the whole family is treating Jill like a Very Important Person. But the parents are not happy about the condition and are trying to find a way out of it.
Before Mrs Amelia Weston dies, she asks her maid Cleo Payne to look after her dog Caesar. Mr Crumleigh the solicitor thinks there is another will, but the only one available divides everything among Mrs Weston’s greedy nieces, Beryl and Dora Weston and Lydia Crool. But to get the money they must live together in Mrs Weston’s house for six months and give Cleo and Caesar a home. If Cleo leaves before that time they inherit immediately, so they are trying to drive her out by making her life miserable.
Cindy Brown finds out her best friend Tammy North is going to die from an incurable illness. Cindy resolves to protect Tammy as best she can and hide her condition from everyone, including Tammy herself.
Kate Thomas never seems to be good at anything or be a winner. To find her forte she starts copying people, but it just seems to lead to hilarious blundering failures.
