Another reader, this time an early one (1974) from Stephen Speight, MA (Oxon).
42 pages incl. 3 pages vocabulary, 4 pages reading comprehension/test, 22 chapters. Illustrations by Ronald Knierum, advisor Clemens Radau. Grades 6-7.
I previously haven't found any details, no TOC and no cover image. I feared that the gang might be grown-ups or older teens.
The gang is Fatty (Edward), Big Chief, girl Doll and Littl'un (with squeaky voice) from left. The plot is about a gang of little kids in need of money for a holiday trip, but had bad luck with their jobs. After hard work, they finally got money with the 4th plan, making a fair. But it's still not enough.
Similar/related books (blue green cover) The Bridge, The Pier, The Matchbox.
1. Meet the Gang (5 lines).
2. The great plan - They decided to get jobs for holiday
3. The list - 6 ideas of jobs, incl. a sponsored walk
4. How many sponsors? - All have few sponsors. Littl'un has 325 (kids of school)
5. The walk - hard work, feet hurt
6. How much money? - counting money
7. The next plan - everyone got a job, income is shown on a paper thermometer
8. Big Chief's job - he made a bird-table but ruined plants (so no money)
9. Fatty's job - he repaired a door bell, but ruined a table with a leaking battery
10. Doll's job - babysitting, but broke a vase
11. Littl'un's job - The only one earned money, 1 pound for cleaning a cowshed. But his mom accidentally burnt the money.
12. The third plan - They sang Christmas songs in October at doors but people don't like it
13. Carol singing - Same in December and they made money but a policeman took it
14. The fourth plan - They plan a fair with baking cakes, selling toys and a Robin Hood game
15. All the fun of the fair - On Easter holidays the fair starts (brief chapter)
16. At the Robin Hood stall - Shooting with arrows at bottles. A man hit several bottles with one arrow, so Big Chief moved the bottles apart.
17. At the cake stall - guessing the weight of a cake
18. At the toy stall - Fatty couldn't sell toys first
19. At the second-hand stall - Littl'un had more luck selling antiques
20. Who wins the cake? - Mr. Jamieson won the cake but nobody knows him (it was Littl'un). All visitors left, as there wasn't a tea stall. Doll's mom brought tea.
21. Rich at last? - Counting the money
22. See Britain by bus - At the travel agency (pic below) they want to book a holiday. They had 16 pounds. Only one member could travel to Spain for a week with that. As they worked hard they all want at least 2 weeks. So they decide to all make a bus tour to London.
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