Best Selling Books by William Mayne

Netta needs a safeplace for her pocket money, has a birthday party, and struggles to be friends with both Catherine and June. Suggested level: junior.

A mouse with a longing to fly, on seeing two young brothers in danger from an owl, "flies" down from a roof to save them.

While searching for winter quarters, a group of gypsies celebrates the birth of a new chief and discovers why a former chief disappeared.

When Melinda and Wayne go on holiday to England with their parents, they come across a stranger with a secret, and a long-buried mystery from the past. Suggested level: primary.

Set in the Yorskhire Dales the story charts the misadventures of young Dorothy and her friends Anthea and Jean. They like to go fishing in a local river and play on the stepping stones, though one day they get a little more than they bargained for.

The old church must be moved to another spot to make room for the new one, a gift to the queen from the neighboring island. It all involves work, but also a feast of celebration and an opportunity for competition.