The six stories in this book are all about children of various ages, who live in Southern Africa. Each story shows how one or more children cope with difficulties that arise in their lives, and also with unexpected things that happen. Sometimes laughter helps them and sometimes sharing their problem helps. Many other ways of overcoming issues are shown In their actions and reactions. You'll meet young and old children in the book, children of all colour too, Some are black, some are white, some are coloured and some are Indian or another race, Some are brave and some aren't. Like people of all ages, they behave differently one from the other, and deal with issues in the way they think best. The results vary, often resulting in laughter but sometimes in tears. In real life there are lessons to be learnt and how this happens is up to the individual. Read the stories to see how these characters overcame their problems.