First published in 1979, this book considers the culture of a multi-racial community through the eyes of six children about to start school. These Children enter school in search of a multi-cultural society, and a sympathetic appraisal is made of what happens to them as they face such initially daunting prospects as the classroom, television and the playground.

Acknowledgements; Scene Setting; Part I: Six Children 1. Enter Victoria 2. Enter Yasmin 3. Enter Beauregard 4. Enter Noël 5. Enter Angelica 6. Enter Gopal Part II: In Search of a Culture 7. Filter 8. What Do We Know about Victoria? 9. Classroom 10. Invisible Messages 11. A Joke's a Joke 12. Festival 13. Six Children in Search of a Multi-cultural Society 14. Merry Christmas; Bibliography; Index