. . . . "It is war-time New Zealand and with Dad away, Mum has to run the farm and feed four children. Sometimes the stress of it all gives her funny ideas. Ideas like trying to sell off the children, making nail soup, and sleeping out in a haystack to catch whoever's 'bandicooting' the potatoes! Suggested level: primary, intermediate." . . . . . . . . . . "Fiction" . . . . . "When Mum went funny" . "Juvenile works" . "Children's stories, New Zealand" .