A really very funny collection taken from Barry's long-running cartoon Ernie Pook's Comeek, centred round the character of Marlys. All the kids here, Marlys included, are absolutely children - they're not grown-ups with childish faces, they're exactly as flighty and imaginative and ridiculous as children actually are. (Not that I know any children, frankly I make a point of it. But I remember being one, along with my sister, and Marlys and co. are absolutely familiar.) It's all extremely recognisable, whether the kids are trying to make friends with a neighbour's dog, doing book reports for school, or sneaking off to go swimming with the good towels. The more you read through, the more you realise just how accomplished it all is.