The Watson family have always been hard up, but become rich when Mum wins big on the pools. The daughter Kathy, believing in “fair shares”, is determined to share her good fortune with her friends. Unfortunately her generosity always seems to backfire and make her unpopular.
Dinah Whittington is trying to find a Saturday job and befriends a cat. At first the cat seems lazy, but when he shows an incredible talent for catching mice, Fiddlem’s Department store hires Diane and her cat – now named Mouser – as a pest control service.
Becky Howard buys a pair of figurines, Pierrot and Pierette, but accidentally breaks Pierrot. Since then, she has lost one boyfriend after another and becomes convinced it is Pierette’s revenge on her.
Atlanta is a mermaid from the sea whose secret comes under threat from fortune hunters, and there are hijinks as she struggles with the ways of humans. In a sequel, Atlanta’s Tale, her secret is again under threat when photographers catch a glimpse of her tail in the water and become determined to capture a photograph of it and make themselves rich.
Samantha Brent is the only female in the household and does not shine at sport like her brothers. This has her brothers and father taking her for granted, expecting her to wait on them all the time, and sneering at her for not being good at sport like them. Fed up with this, Samantha starts to secretly train as a rhythmic gymnast and show her brothers she can be a sporting success too.
Next door neighbours Gwen Hammond and Jane Morris have been friends ever since they can remember. But their friendship is threatened when they start at Vale Park Seniors School and are put in different houses, which has them competing against each other.
Adventures with Pippa Roberts as she goes on her early morning paper round.
Lindy Grey is a great fan of a TV soap, “Life with the Greens”, and copies the antics of the Green family on the soap. The problem is, things always go wrong for Lindy when she does so.
Nora Carrie and her dog Skipper go out on a trip with Granddad aboard his boat, “Ark”. It turns into a nightmare when tsunamis strike and cast the Ark adrift. Worse, Granddad is taken ill, so it’s up to the inexperienced Nora to navigate the Ark.
In 1900, Ivan’s Umbrella Shop is renowned for his beautiful personalised umbrellas, with the owner’s name inscribed on the handle. The last umbrella Ivan makes is inscribed with the name “Emma”, after the daughter he and his wife never had. The umbrella passes through a succession of owners over time, and each time it does so, it changes their lives.
