Bosley is a steer raised on Tocal.
Bruce is a lecturer at Tocal College which is located on the Tocal property where Bosley was born.
Together Bosley and Bruce have taught many students and visitors about farming beef cattle and about caring for livestock.
This is the story of the relationship between Bosley and Bruce.
About this book
This book is one of a series of stories aimed at developing agricultural understanding in young students, as well as an appreciation of the work involved in producing food and fibre on Australian farms. The titles in this series are Barbara, Beatrice, Bosley and Bruce, Charlotte, Freda, Jack and Dunedoo and Sunny and Ruby. You can buy the whole series here.
Check out the activities designed to go along with these stories, created by the NSW Department of Primary Industries Schools program! They will help you get the most benefit out of the stories. Find them at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au. These books and related educational activities were shortlisted in the 2020 Educational Publishing Awards Australia.
Author: Jo Hathway | Illustrated: Jessica Green
ISBN: 9781760582883 | 20 pages | A5
Catalogue number: B978
Publisher: NSW Department of Primary Industries | 2018
Other formats
The ebook (available from the Apple Books store) has audio included so that children can listen to the story and read along. There is also an Auslan version on YouTube.