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An exciting NEW high-interest adventure series by Phil Kettle-author of Toocool

Brand-New!

Great for Middle to Upper Primary
Boys will love these TOO!

The Extreme World of Billy Kool

Phil Kettle and Craig Smith have extended the theme of Toocool!

In this series, the adventure moves from the backyard to an extreme sports television program.

This series will appeal to Middle and Upper Primary sport- and adventure-loving students who need simplified texts to read with confidence.

The Xtreme World of Billy Kool addresses issues that confront most young Australians today such as media, popularity, friends and family.

The series contains a range of different text types, eg play scripts and narratives with special features to support the text including:

  • location maps
  • diagrams
  • explanations of sporting and safety equipment and of television equipment
  • glossary of sporting terms

Lexiles from 620 to 680

8 titles in series + Teacher Resource Book