What’s the book about?
A NEW illustrated adventure series created by Australian Cricket Captain Pat Cummins, Dave Hartley and Serena Geddes!
I’m Pat Cummins and I love playing cricket. I love it so much that I sleep with my bat!
Australia’s biggest cricket stars might play at our cricket ground if we raise funding for solar lights! While we’re cleaning out recycling from the bush, something amazing happens …
– Will we meet the MYSTERIOUS Hairyman?
– What’s INSIDE a hidden suitcase?
– Can we raise the MONEY?!
If you want to know the answers to these questions, too – READ THIS BOOK!
Recommended for:
Ages 8+
Three reasons to read it:
- This book was created by Pat Cummins, the actual captain of the Australian cricket team. This means the cricket parts are real, the story is exciting, and the pictures are full of energy and fun. You’re basically reading an adventure straight from someone who lives and breathes cricket. How awesome!
- The kids in the story are trying to raise money to install solar lights at their local cricket ground because if they succeed, some of Australia’s biggest cricket stars might come and play there. It’s a goal that feels big, exciting and totally worth rooting for. And you get to go along for the ride as they try to make it happen.
- While collecting recycling in the bush to raise funds, the team stumbles upon something unexpected. What started as a simple good deed quickly turns into the beginning of a mystery. This part of the story adds surprise, teamwork, and a fun eco-adventure to the mix. You need to read Money Mystery to figure out what happens next!
Buy a copy of Howzat Pat #3: Money Mystery here.
About the author:
Pat Cummins is captain of the Australian Men’s Test and One Day International cricket teams and has been pivotal in re-shaping team culture and leading them to global success across all formats of the game. Pat has a keen interest in business and aligns himself with organisations dedicated to creating lasting impact. He lives in Sydney with his wife Beck and his young family.
Dave Hartley is an award-winning author and school principal who has worked as an executive leader in the Queensland Department of Education’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander division. A Barunggam man, Dave is also an incredibly talented First Nations artist, and plays the didgeridoo. (He was one of the didgeridoo performers at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2018). He is also sports obsessed! He got his start co-writing an Aboriginal Rugby League superhero story with League player Scott Prince, and co-wrote the award winning Strangers On Country. Otherwise, he and his wife have two grown-up girls, a giant groodle, a sassy spoodle and live on the Gold Coast.
Serena is an international children’s book author and illustrator known for her highly successful middle grade series Lulu Bell, Mia Megastar and Pepper Creek Ponies and picture books We are Matildas, Hope is a Spark and Rosie & Rasmus. She has illustrated over seventy titles!
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