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Phil Kettle's profile as told by TooCool…
"My creators name is Phil Kettle, he's
pretty cool, almost as cool as me! Son of a vineyard
grower, he grew up in a small town called Cardross
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Watch a short clip of Phil |
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When Phil was growing up he was a lot like me, when
he visits your school I'm sure he'll tell you that.
He spent lots of time playing sport and was a member
of most sporting teams. He stills plays cricket - not
as good as me though.
Phil has always liked writing, but it is only since
he started to write about me that he has made a career
out of it. Phil told me that there is a TooCool inside
every person. I find it hard to imagine that there is
anyone as good as me!?!?
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| TooCool thinks it's cool to be a good reader and
also thinks it is cool to be a creative thinker. Phil
is really good with students and even gets them to sing
my song. Phil would love to come to your school and read
some of his books. There must be lots of TooCools' in
your classroom." |
| The TOOCOOL series (Scholastic) is
proving a great success in school all over Australia.
Phil Kettle is only too pleased to spend time with
school students, reading some of his great stories
and talking about how 'his TooCool' was created.
He then gets students involved in discussing their
own TooCool, which teachers find helps the students
feel good about themselves and provides encouragement
for them to write their own stories. Phil hopes
that they like to sing too! |
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Although the books are geared
to boy readers, they are also welcomed by parents
and teachers of reluctant readers, and appeal
to readers generally. The stories encourage individuality,
freedom of thought and positive feelings of self
worth. The stories are enhanced by the humourous
illustrations of well-known illustrator, Craig
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The TOOCOOL series
was extended to include series two and three
with 16 new titles, eight of which have been published
in 2003. In addition to this, the series have
been shortlisted for the Younger Readers section
of the 2003 YABBA awards. |
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Phil has also teamed up with author Felice
Arena to create the BOYZ
RULE series. This 24 book series
is published through Pan MacMillan.
Phil also has an 8 book series, THE
XTREME WORLD OF BILLY KOOL, including SNOWBOARDING,
ROCK CLIMBING
and WHITEWATER RAFTING
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Phil is available to present at seminars for
parents and teachers, as well as his popular sessions
and workshops with students.
Watch a short clip about Phil's school visits.
To visit Phil's website click
here.
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"Phil Kettle visited our school
and read some of the TooCool books to the students.
The students and teachers loved the books! The series
is humourous and quite different and has enormous appeal
and educational merit at various age levels. For those
of us with sporting heroes, the TooCool character is
irresistible."
- Ken McIndoe, Assistant Principal, Alphington PS
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