Book 1

Dog Friday

by Hilary McKay

Published 10 November 1994
Ten-year-old Robin Brogan is determined to keep the dog he finds abandoned on the beach from being impounded by the police.

Book 2

Dolphin Luck

by Hilary McKay

Published 11 August 1998

It's Christmas, the weather is horrible, Mrs Robinson's ill, and, to top it all off, the Brogan's dog, Old Blanket, dies. So when the children hear the tale of a dolphin sword which brings good fortune, they're determined to track it down . . .

Unfortunately, however, Mrs Robinson is in decline, so Ant and Perry are shipped off to stay with Aunt Mabel, while Beany and Sun Dance are left with Mrs Brogan. Aunt Mabel, it transpires, is a silver-haired eccentric living in a menagery and not at all what the children expect. Then Sun Dance discovers a burglar, and subsequently a lot more...


The Amber Cat

by Hilary McKay

Published 15 June 1995
While recovering from chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl who mysteriously appeared on the nearby beach.

Dog Friday and Amber Cat

by Hilary McKay

Published 11 November 1998