Charlie the Champion Liar; Disaster Bag

Two of Townson's best. Colin Laird's Disaster Bag survival kit is his means of facing the world with any degree of confidence. The bag is actually home to a disaster-causing device which mistakenly finds its way into Moorscale Atomic Energy Establishment so that a worn-out-with-worry Colin finally adopts a little optimism and admits 'You can't go round feeling scared to death all the time.

Likewise in Charlie the Champion Liar, a worn-out-with-lying Charlie is hugely relieved when his lies can cease. It's a credible and sensitively written tale of Charlie's need to impress others, which, of course, he finally does after much self-inflicted pain by telling the truth and saying sorry.