Aus cricketer Warner pens series for children

Explosive Australian batsman David Warner has penned a children's book series called Kaboom Kid, which features the exploits of a "cricket-mad" schoolboy named Davey Warner.

The four books in The Kaboom Kid series are ‘The Big Switch’, ‘Playing Up’, ‘Keep It Down’ and ‘Hit For Six’.

Priced at Rs 199 each, the books written by Warner with J S Black are for kids aged 7-12 years. The illustrations are by Jules Faber.

Published by Simon & Schuster, “this series of books are fun, light-hearted reads, and focus on cricket as a positive team sport for all kids - boys and girls - from all backgrounds and cultures, and for fun and fitness”.

 The message is anti-bullying and anti-sledging and these are cheeky stories about what kids get up to outside the world of adults.

Little Davey lives in Sandhill Flats with his parents, brother Steve and his stinky dog Max. Davey, his schoolmates as well as Max are mad for cricket. All they want to do is play but there's always something getting in their way.

In ‘The Big Switch’, Davey and his friends have a big game coming up against Shimmer Bay, their arch rivals in the local comp. They need to practice, and spend all their free time at school making sure they'll be ready.

But disaster strikes. Davey and his friends find out their new teacher is Mr Mudge, a strict grump who hates cricket, and thanks to bully Mo Clouter, they find themselves on detention. The boys are desperate to pull something special out of the bag to win against Shimmer Bay.

Davey's mates have some ideas, one that could really get them into trouble, but it means getting around Mo, who seems to be everywhere they turn. But Davey has an idea that he thinks may just work … he just needs to practice. Will he pull it off in time for the game against Shimmer Bay?

Image: David Warner of Australia speaks to fiancee Candice Falzon as she holds their daughter Ivy Mae

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