Ellen Conford

Though a little disppointed that her first acting part is to be a gorilla at a birthday party, Annabel determines to really get into the role.

No one, Dorrie vows, can take the place of her best friend who has moved to Australia, so when twin boys move into the empty house next door, the war is on.

Convinced that her family is poor because her parents refuse to get her a horse or a swimming pool, nine-year-old Jenny Archer follows her own path to making money, including a plunge into real estate that puts her house on the market.

Felicia's constant criticizing gets her into trouble even though she tries to be constructive.

When a kiss from Danny turns Chandler, a wealthy but lonely orphan, into a frog, Danny's humorous attempts to change her back into a human land the pair on a television talk show.

When she learns that a famous director is making a movie in her home town, ten-year-old Annabel is determined to get a part in it.