Tessa Fortune and her cousins want to raise one hundred dollars for the New Zealand National Telethon, but when their plans begin to go awry, Tessa learns some valuable lessons about her goal of becoming a rich executive.
The arrival of two single-minded robots convinces twin brothers, wicked Jasper and virtuous Jason, that their own children, who have run away, aren't so bad after all.
The prospect of a surprise camping trip to Clancy's Cabin, their father's favorite boyhood retreat, leaves the three Harriman children unenthusiastic but odd occurrences at the abandoned hut soon lead them into a mysterious adventure.
A tale of the strangest case of mistaken identity and the most unlikely allies, when a three-legged cat, a shortsighted widow, and a drifter make each other's dreams come true.
To promote efficiency, an accountant bans the seasons from his valley but finds life boring without the changes that spring, summer, fall, and winter bring.
Greedy to have the cove where he swims all to himself, Norvin, who looks a bit like a shark, pretends to be one, scaring off the other swimmers and leaving him in happy aquatic solitude--until he is discovered by an amorous female shark.
While gathered together for the Christmas holiday, a large New Zealand family and their various guests and hangers-on find their lives suddenly invaded by three fascinating but rather sinister brothers.
