Author Bio and Photo -- Contents -- A Stealthy Expedition and Some Ancient Treasure -- The Longed-For Picnic -- or, Rescuing Penguins -- In Which Charlie Makes a Wish -- A Little Game of Hide and Seek -- A Trap, a Tap and a Trip to the Tip -- The Flower Girls -- or, Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better -- Big Brother Always Knows Best -- In Which Pennies Go Down the Drain -- Tracy, the Loud and Unwelcome Visitor -- The Return of Mrs Richmond -- or, Yared Shows Them All -- Historical Notes -- Chapter 2 - 1911 -- Chapter 3 - the First World War -- Chapter 4 - the 1920s -- Chapter 5 - the Great Depression -- Chapter 6 - the Second World War -- Chapter 7 - the 1950s -- Chapter 8 - the 1960s -- Chapter 9 - Cyclone Tracy.