One of Australia s most favourite characters is back! Penny Pollard hates: old people, Annette Smurton (who has her own horse), wearing dresses, and doing homework. On a school excursion she meets someone just as rebellious as herself Mrs Edith Bettany (nearly) eighty-one years old and a new friend for Penny. This is Penny s diary. The Penny Pollard series of books has been read and loved by thousands of children around the world since Penny Pollard s Diary was first published in 1983. Now the first of the classic Australian series has a brand new cover, and a whole new generation of readers can be introduced to this funny, feisty girl who knows her own mind at all times and isn t afraid of anything.