Rotto!

Book 1 in the Rotto! series. Rottnest Island is home to one of the world's cutest and happiest animals–the quokka. Clancy the quokka is a youngster and is determined to discover all the wonders of Rottnest, or Rotto, as the locals like to call it. He gets more than he bargained for when he becomes trapped in a picnic basket on the back of a bicycle and taken far from home. An incredible island adventure ensues involving seagulls, peacocks, more quokkas and a speedy stingray. Clancy must summon his courage to rescue his new quokka friends from some bullies, and find his way back home.