Tracey McBean

A miscarriage of justice! That's what it is when Mr Groaner accuses Sandy of stealing his pet dog Fluff's food bowl. Tracey knows Sandy is innocent and has to prove it before Mr Groaner reports Sandy to the local dog pound. / Tracey's day begins with Shamus running into the caravan, screaming hysterically and hiding in the dark. It seems that Shamus's cousin Lee is coming to town.

An artificial hairpiece to cover baldness heralds a blood-curdling story that will leave you cold and clammy with fear. You'll love it! / Shamus is a legend in the sport of marbles and everyone thinks he's a certainty to again win the School Marble Challenge. How can he lose with his favourite lucky marble Thunderbolt?

Against her wishes, Tracey finds herself running for class captain. She wants Shamus to win but Shamus won't allow her to withdraw from the contest or make it easy for him. / Shamus has a rare gift for growing things and he's in the running for the Young Gardener of the Year award. Lazlo also has his eyes on that award. He desperately would like to know what Shamus's secret is.

Shamus feels he lives in the shadow of his older brothers. He just wants to do one thing that his brothers haven't. Tracey thinks that Shamus must break a world record! / Jim's sneakers are the smelliest in the known universe and can clear out the schoolyard in seconds. He uses their power to get what he wants but rule of the sneakers has to end and Tracey is the one to do it!

Every year Tracey's school has a parade to celebrate its achievements. Every year hardly anyone comes to watch. Tracey and Shamus attempt to think up an idea to turn their parade into a people magnet. / It's the start of the school holidays and Tracey is preparing for the worst. Jim and Jake McConnelly always plan something to make her holiday as bad as it can be.

Everyone is acting a little unusual and Tracey wants to get to the bottom of it. / Tracey invents the McBean Dream Machine and uses Shamus for the test. But she has an ulterior motive.

Tracey uses her Total Toy Doctor invention to tidy up Buddy Bear before she donates it to charity. The invention works perfectly-Buddy Bear is as good as new, but it also does something else to Buddy Bear... / Tracey and Gordon have nothing to worry about when alien-obsessed Carl wants to meet them late at the big deserted park. Carl won't tell them what he wants to show him.

New girl Bambi is having a party. She asks Shamus to help, and Tracey is going to help too. She's going to help make it the party to be remembered, for all of the wrong reasons. / The worst of the worst chores Tracey has to do is wash her dog Sandy. However it could be easy by combining a vacuum cleaner with an electro-magnet and a molecular magnetizing oscillator.

Tracey dreams of a machine that could skip time back by a half a minute. Shamus is shocked. He's read stories about time travel and there's one thing that's clear. When you muck around with time, weird things happen. / The local film festival has a best short film competition and the school film club has its eyes on the prize.

The McBean family with Shamus is off on their annual beach holiday. Tracey always has the best fun, except for one little thing. The surf. Ever since Tracey was a toddler, the surf and Tracey do not get on. / Tracey's neighbours, Mr and Mrs Chatter, have always been very patient with Tracey and her inventions. Until now.

A book report on Cinderella?! Tracey had forgotten and it's due tomorrow. Is Tracey worried? Never. There is always the time-honored tradition: rent the movie of the book and write a book report on it. Easy. Well, maybe not! / Megan plays the xylophone like an angel. But have you ever tried to play it while sneezing?

It's summertime and it's hot. But how do you cool off when the local pool is closed because of water restrictions? / Tracey's problem can be summed up mathematically. One desperate brother plus one frantic friend divided by one manipulating sister with one Babbie on Ice ticket equals one 'What do I do now?' Tracey.

Gordon never sticks at any hobby for long. His latest obsession is slot car racing. Tracey agrees to help him with his hobby, as long as he promises to stick it at this time. Gordon promises to do exactly that. / Can it be? Is this the end of Tracey the inventor? Invention after invention seems to fail her. She begins to feel as if no one ever appreciates her inventions!