Beaten by a Balloon

by Margaret Mahy

Published 6 November 1997

The Rattlebang Picnic

by Margaret Mahy

Published 1 September 1994
The McTavishes have piled into their old rattlebang car for a picnic on the top of Mount Fogg. But when the mountain starts to shake and red-hot lava erupts, the McTavishes hope that the old rattlebang can stay together long enough to save them from disaster! An original tall tale with an outrageously bizarre plot

A Summery Saturday Morning

by Margaret Mahy

Published 1 January 1998
"We take the dogs down the wiggly track,
The wiggly track, the wiggly track.
One dog