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

"We take the dogs down the wiggly track,
The wiggly track, the wiggly track.
One dog