Wendy Woods lives with her grandparents on a small Scottish island. One day she finds her grandmother’s old tennis racket and discovers her love of tennis. She convinces her grandparents to let her go to boarding school where she will get the chance to play with other girls.
Shirley Groves runs away from her aunt and uncle and becomes queen of a gypsy clan. One girl, Lola, does not like Shirley; she thinks that she should be queen and wants to see Shirley dethroned.
Barbara Wallace has an unusual pet, a baby elephant, Busker. Her Uncle Peter, a game trapper for zoos, had sent her Busker as a birthday present.
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A humour strip with jungle girl Lulu.
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Mary Duff has a clever pet ram named Johnny Boy. Along with Mary’s close friend Hilda they have plenty of fun together.
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Jeannie McLaren owns a magical necklet, whenever she rubs it a genie named Perki appears to do whatever she commands. Unfortunately Perki is still a “learner” genie and things often go wrong.
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Stella Dewar, daughter of the Earl of Sandsbury, leaves home to become a professional ice skater. Her father is opposed to her decision and uses his influence to try to get her to give up and come home, such as getting her fired.
A short wordless humour strip, featuring a young girl. It usually appeared at the bottom of a text story and was 3 panels long.
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Kitty Laird helps her father to run Copperdowne Stables.
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Evelyn Russell is a young teacher at Carton Girl’s School. She takes a great interest in all her pupils and does everything she can to help them.
