Best Suited 7-10 years

Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle’s sheep station, Overflow Station.

Dad decides to build a chook house with encouragement from Mum. Big Bill’s ute is used to bring in the wood and corrugated iron and wire netting for the chookhouse. Dad and Clancy build it and ensure that the run is protected from foxes. Dad’s chook house is a bit shakey. Dad and Clancy buy the chickens at the Farmers’ Market. The trouble starts when a large fox gets into the chook yard and Clancy and Mum notice that the chooks are very big and growing very fast. Eventually Big Bill works out what’s wrong but the annual school Christmas fete is a great success.

Best Suited 7-10 years

Welcome to the Clancy of the Outback series.

Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle’s sheep station, Overflow Station.

In this book, we are introduced Brutus and Butters Clancy and Little Bill’s dogs. Clancy has a lot to learn, and Little Bill makes sure he begins to understand the rules of country living. She takes Clancy for a tour of the property in the old ute and when they are a distance away from the homestead, she lets Clancy take control of the vehicle. The result is disastrous when Clancy mistakes the accelerator for the brake. The ute is undriveable and so they must walk back to the homestead. Clancy is exhausted and goes to bed straight after dinner. He has a nightmare about being a racing car driver.

Best Suited 7-10 years

Welcome to the Clancy of the Outback series.

Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle’s sheep station, Overflow Station.

In this book, the school bus runs over a mother kangaroo outside the gate to Overflow Station and Clancy and Little Bill find a joey in the pouch. Eventually the whole family become involved in looking after the joey. The story becomes more complicated when Big Bill announces a kangaroo cull. Clancy and Little Bill decide to mount a campaign to save the local wildlife which coincides with Little Bill declaring herself vegan. Nevertheless, the campaign goes on and is a huge success.

Best Suited 7-10 years

Welcome to the Clancy of the Outback series.

Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle’s sheep station, Overflow Station.

In this book, Big Bill decides to bring the shearing forward and Mum and Little Bill and Clancy clean the shearers’ quarters. Big Bill is keen to see if Mum will do the cooking for the gang but in the end a cook arrives with the shearers. Little Bill shows Clancy how to throw a fleece and then the rain arrives which means that the whole shearing process must stop. The cook has had enough. When shearing resumes some weeks later Mum does the cooking and it’s a great success.

Best Suited 7-10 Years
In this book, Dad’s old car has to be taken off the road, so Little Bill decides it could be Clancy’s ‘paddock bomb’. Meaning he was going to drive it around the farm. Meaning Little Bill was going to teach Clancy to drive. She makes Clancy sit in a baby booster seat so Clancy could see over the steering wheel, and that was just the start of his humiliation!

Best Suited 7-10 Years
In ‘Feral Frenzy’, Mum is still trying to work out how to do her thing on Overflow Station and the whole family continues to have a lot to learn about country life. But who would have thought that feral pigs would get into Mum’s precious veggie garden? Clancy thought it was pretty exciting at the time but now it is an issue they need to fix pronto.

Best Suited 7-10 Years
In ‘Exploding Dunny’, the shearers return to Overflow Station with a new cook. Everything was going well, until the cook served an extra hot curry one night. You can imagine – or maybe you’d better not – what happened to the shearers’ toilet a few hours later! Clancy tries his best to help but it sort of misfires

Best Suited 7-10 Years
In this book, Little Bill’s insists on turning Clancy into a country boy teaching him how to ride a horse. How hard can that be? Little Bill turns up on a humungous bay horse and Clancy begins to wonder if he has bitten off more than he can chew. In the end Clancy gets a tiny, mean-looking Shetland pony to learn to ride on. Just getting onto it was hard enough, but in the end, that pony and Clancy save the day!

Best suited 8+ Years
Toocool is planning to master his drum playing these school holidays. But hi mum has news for him. Soon, Toocool and his best friend, Spike, will be up at Uncle Buck’s farm riding around like real jackaroos! And plenty more surprises await Toocool along the dusty trail …

Best suited 8+ Years
How much do you really know about Toocool? Maybe not as much as you think you know. Toocool is interviewed for a very special television show that is going to air on Sunday night. Find out what Toocool thinks of his friends, especially Marcy.

Best suited 8+ Years
How do you make a jet-ski travel at the speed of light or even faster? Easy! Find out what Wong does to help turn Toocool’s jet-ski into a total racing machine. Will Toocool crash his jet-ski or will he win his most challenging race ever?

Best Suited 8+ Years
A famous pirate and a treasure map in a cereal box – Toocool’s latest plan has all the makings of a real pirate adventure. All Toocool and his best friend, Spike, need is a pirate ship and the treasure will be theirs! But Captain Kaos and Captain Purple have their own plan . . .

Best Suited 7-10 Years
In Thirteen Dolphins, Marcy and Bella watch the dolphins play in the surf, unaware that they are soon to make a discovery that will shock everyone, and save a life.

Marcy, the lead female character from the Toocool books, now has her own series due to student and teacher demand. Marcy has a go at everything – there is no challenge too large!

Marcy’s positive attitude, self-confidence and candid humour are contagious. With best friend Bella in tow, Marcy’s adventures will capture the imagination of young readers.

Best Suited 7-10 Years
Marcy challenges Principle Polly Parrot to a netball match on the last day of school. Who will win?

Marcy, the lead female character from the Toocool books, now has her own series due to student and teacher demand. Marcy has a go at everything – there is no challenge too large!

Marcy’s positive attitude, self-confidence and candid humour are contagious. With best friend Bella in tow, Marcy’s adventures will capture the imagination of young readers.

Best Suited 7-10 Years

Marcy is excited. There’s going to be a class quiz on Friday. Best of all, it’s going to be girls versus boys. Who’s going to win?

Marcy, the lead female character from the Toocool books, now has her own series due to student and teacher demand. Marcy has a go at everything – there is no challenge too large!

Marcy’s positive attitude, self-confidence and candid humour are contagious. With best friend Bella in tow, Marcy’s adventures will capture the imagination of young readers.

Best Suited 7-10 Years
In Award Winners, Marcy and Bella have been busy. An unexpected letter arrives, followed by Senior Reporter Fred Hound. Are Marcy and Bella in trouble or are they going to be pleasantly surprised?

Marcy, the lead female character from the Toocool books, now has her own series due to student and teacher demand. Marcy has a go at everything – there is no challenge too large!

Marcy’s positive attitude, self-confidence and candid humour are contagious. With best friend Bella in tow, Marcy’s adventures will capture the imagination of young readers.

Best Suited 7-10 Years
As a new Dog Squad member, Marcy is keen to find every lost dog a new home. But the new homes have to come with new owners, and they have to answer all of Marcy’s important questions.

Marcy, the lead female character from the Toocool books, now has her own series due to student and teacher demand. Marcy has a go at everything – there is no challenge too large!

Marcy’s positive attitude, self-confidence and candid humour are contagious. With best friend Bella in tow, Marcy’s adventures will capture the imagination of young readers.

Best Suited 5-12 Years
Spike is a plucky, cocky, energetic and funny kid with an unbeatable imagination. He fights aliens, conquers mountains, and beats the best at tennis . . . all with some help from his friends, Wally and Melissa. These wonderful books come to life in the hands of young readers, encouraging them to read further and engage their own imaginations.

Best Suited 5-12 Years
Spike is a plucky, cocky, energetic and funny kid with an unbeatable imagination. He fights aliens, conquers mountains, and beats the best at tennis . . . all with some help from his friends, Wally and Melissa. These wonderful books come to life in the hands of young readers, encouraging them to read further and engage their own imaginations.

Best Suited 5-12 Years
Spike is a plucky, cocky, energetic and funny kid with an unbeatable imagination. He fights aliens, conquers mountains, and beats the best at tennis . . . all with some help from his friends, Wally and Melissa. These wonderful books come to life in the hands of young readers, encouraging them to read further and engage their own imaginations.