Phil Kettle

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.Billy feels down that the final episode of the Xtreme World of Billy Kool is coming up. But he is also excited because the final episode will feature the most extreme sport yet: rock climbing Will Billy be able to climb the full rock face, or will he fall?At the end of the book, there is an extreme information section detailing the origins of rock climbing, a glossary and a description of the equipment used when rock climbing. Part of an 8-book series, the Billy Kool books are informative, empathetic and exciting; targeted to readers and reluctant readers alike ages 8-11 years.

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.In this book, Billy and his friends, Sally and Nathan are onto their second adventure; whitewater rafting Billy can't see the point of learning French at school until he meets Pierre, a world champion white-water rafter who happens to be French. We follow Billy and his friends as they battle nerves and prepare for the most extreme sport yet. When Billy falls into the water, it's his new friend Pierre who saves him.At the end of the book, there is an extreme information section, a glossary and a description of the equipment used when whitewater rafting. Part of an 8-book series, the Billy Kool books are informative, empathetic and exciting; targeted to readers and reluctant readers alike ages 8-11 years.

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.After whitewater rafting and bungy jumping, the Xtreme World of Billy Kool is becoming more popular and the TV ratings are getting higher. Billy's friend, Nathan is sad because his father (who left him when he was young) is coming to visit. Luckily, Nathan cheered up when it came to filming another extreme sport; snowboarding. Nathan's dad happens to be amazingly good at snowboarding and shows the cast a couple of moves. Unfortunately, when it comes to filming, Billy, Sally and Nathan are nowhere near as good as they thought when only Sally is able to stick a landing. Despite this, the cast enjoys the experience so much and they continue to snowboard even after filming. Nathan's dad apologizes for not being there for Nathan and the two begin their new relationship. Ultimately, snowboarding was an extremely fun experience for Billy, Sally and Nathan especially At the end of the book, there is an extreme information section detailing the origins of snowboarding, a glossary and a description of the equipment used when snowboarding. Part of an 8-book series, the Billy Kool books are informative, empathetic and exciting; targeted to readers and reluctant readers alike ages 8-11 years.

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.In this book, Billy, and his friends Sally and Nathan are onto their third adventure; Bungy jumping Billy, still riding on the high of white-water rafting, is finding school a drag. The only thing that keeps him excited is the idea of bungy jumping on the weekend. However, Billy and Nathan are both scared of heights Billy pops his first pimple and then attends the school dance, where he dances with his crush, Crystal. After this courageous act, he moves on to an even scarier one. The most extreme sport yet; Bungy jumping.Packed with exciting information, a glossary and a description of the equipment used when bungy jumping, as well as great images, this book will appeal to readers and reluctant readers alike aged 8-11 years.

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.After skydiving, Nathan must honour his promise and retrieve the forty cricket balls from the monster's backyard. Will he survive his most extreme sport yet? After this, Billy, Sally and Nathan (if he makes it) will go mountain biking At the end of the book, there is an extreme information section detailing the origins of mountain biking, a glossary and a description of the equipment used when mountain biking. Part of an 8-book series, the Billy Kool books are informative, empathetic and exciting; targeted to readers and reluctant readers alike ages 8-11 years.

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.Billy finds an advertisement for a competition. A production studio is looking for hosts for a new reality TV show about extreme sports. Billy, as well as his friends Sally and Nathan, decide to try and win. It's all or nothing. Will they make it?At the end of the book, there is an extreme information section detailing the origins of extreme sports as well as a glossary. Part of an 8-book series, the Billy Kool books are informative, empathetic and exciting; targeted to readers and reluctant readers alike ages 8-11 years.

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.Billy, Sally and Nathan realize that they want their viewers to believe that extreme sports are for anybody. They decide that Basher Brown, the neighbourhood cricket star, should join them in their next sport. Now, Basher, Billy, Sally and Nathan must prepare for the most extreme sport yet; Skydiving At the end of the book, there is an extreme information section detailing the origins of skydiving, a glossary and a description of the equipment used when skydiving. Part of an 8-book series, the Billy Kool books are informative, empathetic and exciting; targeted to readers and reluctant readers alike ages 8-11 years.

Billy Kool was an ordinary boy until he was thrust into the life of an extreme sports TV celebrity.Billy's grandfather is coming to stay, although not for the usual reasons. He wants to give Billy his car, his most loved possession since he believes he's too old to drive. Thinking about this, Billy talks to Shey and they decide to include his grandfather in the most extreme sport yet; kart racing At the end of the book, there is an extreme information section detailing the origins of kart racing, a glossary and a description of the equipment used when kart racing. Part of an 8-book series, the Billy Kool books are informative, empathetic and exciting; targeted to readers and reluctant readers alike ages 8-11 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 '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 ...At the conclusion of this book there is an Outback Facts section about shearing in Australia and includes some recipes to make. There is a Bob Pacey poem, 'The Shearers Cook', and the all-important, Outback Jokes section.These chapter books were developed for 7-10-year-old independent readers, who are starting on their first chapter books. They are high interest, easy language level.

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, 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 At the conclusion of this book there is an Outback Facts section which provides information about Australian horses, there is a A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson poem, The Man from Snowy River and the all-important, Outback Jokes section.These chapter books were developed for 7-10-year-old independent readers, who are starting on their first chapter books. They are high interest, easy language level.

It's the Australian Open. TooCool is stuck playing doubles. Does he really need a partner? Or is he good enough to play for two?"I am the greatest sportsperson in the world I have never been beaten at anything I am a natural champion -- especially in my own backyard I am TOOCOOL "Children love to pretend and it is within this world of make believe that they can feel security and success. The Toocool series makes use of imagination and allows children to consider their own success.

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. At the conclusion of this book there is the Outback Jokes section, a traditional rhyme 'Lime Juice Tub" and a glossary of shearing terms.

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, 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.At the conclusion of this book there is an Outback Facts section which provides information about foxes and dingoes, there is a Les Murray poem, The Young Fox and the all-important, Outback Jokes section.These chapter books were developed for 7-10 year old independent readers, who are starting on their first chapter books. They are high interest, easy language level.

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. At the conclusion of this story the Outback facts provides information about native wildlife, lyrics to a Don Spencer song, called Kangaroo and the all-important, Outback Jokes section.

Scenario: You're standing on top of a bridge. There's a harness around your ankle that feels like a rubber band. You're about to bungy jump off that bridge. The whole country will be watching. Welcome to the Xtreme World of Billy Kool.Thrill-packed new series from the author of the best-selling Toocool books In the new Xtreme series, the adventure moves from the backyard to an extreme sports television program. Each book in the series features a different extreme sport. Readers will be hooked from the word GO

Scenario: You're wearing snowboarding gear. You've been an expert for all of four hours and you have to make a jump. In front of the cameras. On national television. Welcome to the Xtreme World of Billy Kool.Thrill-packed new series from the author of the best-selling Toocool books In the new Xtreme series, the adventure moves from the backyard to an extreme sports television program. Each book in the series features a different extreme sport. Readers will be hooked from the word GO

TooCool already has the egg-catching silver medal from last year's Park Games. Can he outwit Marcy this year and win gold?"I am the greatest sportsperson in the world I have never been beaten at anything I am a natural champion -- especially in my own backyard I am TOOCOOL "Children love to pretend and it is within this world of make believe that they can feel security and success. The Toocool series makes use of imagination and allows children to consider their own success.

Scenario: You're about to jump out of a plane. Yeah, right. You're trying to remember your lines, but all you're thinking about is what will happen if the parachute doesn't open. Welcome to the Xtreme World of Billy Kool.Thrill-packed new series from the author of the best-selling Toocool books In the new Xtreme series, the adventure moves from the backyard to an extreme sports television program. Each book in the series features a different extreme sport. Readers will be hooked from the word GO