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Originally published: Cumulus, 2001 The great Pavlova cover up / Janice Leitch -- Jonathon Peabody's extraordinary mother / Karen E. Anderson -- The devil on the hill / Margaret Joyce Beumelburg -- Killer dog / Ann Pascoe -- Max the very special spaceship / Hilary Kinney -- Rangi Tamahere / Jow Cowley -- Ugly / Prue Hilson -- The gloves / Dorothy Morris -- The thief and the magic / Margaret Mahy -- A mouse tale / Elaine Mowat -- Star Raker / Margaret Beames -- Kaimoana / Marion Rego -- The curse of being Pharoah / Janice Marriott -- A Christmas to remember / Jaqualine Chapman -- Fly away home / Christine Ashton -- Bears / Barbara Murison -- The bull that liked kumara / Sue Gibbison -- Uncle Trev's birthday / Jack Lasenby -- The bridge / Ruth Corrin -- Rugrat / Maggie Lilleby -- The tramp / Anthony Holcroft -- Possum stew / Jacqui Sutton Beets -- Goodbye penguins / Wanda Cowley -- Never shout at a draught horse! / Diana Noonan -- The challenge / Patricia Irene Johnson -- How nice to be free / Rachelle Calkoen -- Clive / Janice Leitch -- Porridge / Michelle Boston -- No happy returns / David Hill A collection of short stories for children by New Zealand authors. Suggested level: primary, intermediate