The new girl in school shows Lollie and her friends that there are many ways of being brave.

Cocky gets his first guitar and decides what is important to him.

Izzy is determined to find a way of dealing with unfortunate timing and bad luck.

Life isn't always fair, but Mr Potts has some good things to say to Nettie on the matter

Cocky and Denim go on an early morning tramp about the neighbourhood to see what they have been missing

Nettie and her friends are concerned when they learn that Mr Potts is handing over his shed in the allotments to Rosemary Crackers

Nettie is content in her own company. Too content, perhaps. She likes to draw in the allotments at the back of her house. She befriends old man Potts, a widower, who may or may not be keeping an elephant.

Cocky introduces himself to a rhinoceros at a bus stop. He takes the animal to school for a show-off, but finds he has a problem. Ideas can be a jumble, and rules can seem harsh. An audience with An Uachtarán is essential.

Cocky is a fly-away boy - he can actually fly. Denim, the lonely new boy in the neighbourhood, makes a friend and learns that fly-away boys tend to come back, and with good reason.

Lollie wears her clothes inside-out. It has something to do with her mother being in hospital. Her friend, Mary-Mary wonders should she do the same.