The birthday burglar

By Margaret Mahy

Subjects: Fiction, Children's stories, New Zealand, Children's fiction, Birthdays, fiction, Schools, fiction, Short stories, Women, fiction, Birthdays, Schools

Description: In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs. Herringbone and Joanna Joy. In the second story, headmistress Tatiana Taffeta seeks an affluent farmer's hand in marriage.