title TWITTER
title image
LATEST BOOK...
Rugby Speak
KIDS BOOKS PAGE LINKS
MIKE COOL-AS-YOU-LIKE
MIKE COOL-AS-YOU-LIKE
 
KIDS BOOKS:

It was great fun writing 'Runawayland' and 'The Magic Carwash' (amongst others) for Clean Slate Press, with Joy Cowley as editor. You can see the latest titles here. I have nine in the series. Writing for kids began when I could no longer go backpacking. So, while my bags collected dust in the garage – and my one-year-old daughter slept – I decided to write a kid's book that I would like to read. And Mike-Cool-As-You-Like was born.

/ IN ACTION / OUT AND ABOUT / AROUND THE WORLD / IN BUSINESS / ON TRACK /

Mike Cool-As-You-Like In Action

MIKE IN ACTION

Grandfather says Mike has ‘Star’ written all over him, so he sends Mike into space to clean up the space junk. But there’s much more up there, from a golf ball on the moon to a toothbrush (used for scrubbing satellites), that there’s no time for a detour to the Chocolate Milky Way.

Mike’s in action! Read how he organises a backyard Olympics, creates a video game for serious adults and tries some extreme sports.

/ IN ACTION / OUT AND ABOUT / AROUND THE WORLD / IN BUSINESS / ON TRACK /

Mike Cool-As-You-Like Out And About

MIKE OUT AND ABOUT

Grandfather asks Mike to save his caving business from going under. So Mike and his crew of dirty kids clean the stalagmites, make sure everyone can see creepy-crawlies up close, and provide glow-worms for their night lights. Then they take on Lazy Len and his giant black salamander…

Mike’s out and about! Read how he takes part in the Winter Games, travels to an active volcano, and saves the whales.

/ IN ACTION / OUT AND ABOUT / AROUND THE WORLD / IN BUSINESS / ON TRACK /

Mike Cool-As-You-Like Around The World

MIKE AROUND THE WORLD

Grandfather is tired of eating peanut and spaghetti omelettes, so he asks Mike to travel the world to taste new dishes. Mike eats deep-fried insects in Asia, pig’s trotters in Europe and crocodile in Africa. What will his Grandfather like best?

Mike trots the globe! Read how he spends (and takes) time in Ireland, tries sumo wrestling in Japan, and plugs the leak in Venice.

/ IN ACTION / OUT AND ABOUT / AROUND THE WORLD / IN BUSINESS / ON TRACK /

Mike Cool-As-You-Like In Business

MIKE IN BUSINESS

Grandfather thinks Mike is the cat’s pyjamas, so he gives Mike a pet shop to run. The parrots answer the phones and the dogs have to be kept away from the Dog Biscuit Domino Competition. But will the villainous Dogbreath Dan spoil Mike’s fun?

Mike’s in business! Read how he runs his grandfather’s radio station, takes up a new approach to the airport and soups up the supermarket.

/ IN ACTION / OUT AND ABOUT / AROUND THE WORLD / IN BUSINESS / ON TRACK /

Mike Cool-As-You-Like On Track

MIKE ON TRACK

Grandfather says Mike’s making tracks, so he asks him to design a new transport station. Mike gets his skates on! On Mike’s trains, jugglers and clowns on unicycles entertain the kids. On Mike’s buses, passengers are given their own steering wheels and horns that sound like a burp…

Mike’s on track! Read how he builds a roller coaster in a shopping mall, gets the library going and puts ‘cool’ into ‘school.’

Manukau Courier newspaper clipping 2007

'Manukau Courier' 2007

|| copyright © 2009 Justin Brown || site designed by HeyBarn imaging || Not too many crayons were eaten in the making of these books ||
YOUTUBE EMAIL : justin@justinbrownbooks.com TWITTER