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The Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur Collection (Boxed Set)

Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur; Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Stink Spectacular; Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Cat-Dog Translator; Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Best Test

by (author) Luke Sharpe

illustrated by Graham Ross

Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Initial publish date
May 2017
Category
Science & Technology, Humorous Stories, Business, Careers, Occupations
Recommended Age
8 to 12
Recommended Grade
3 to 7
Recommended Reading age
8 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781481499576
    Publish Date
    May 2017
    List Price
    $31.99

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Description

Join Billy Sure and his best friend, Manny Reyes, on inventing adventures filled with hilarity in the first four books in the Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur series, now available in one zany boxed set!

It sure is good to be Billy Sure these days. Along with his best friend and business partner, Manny Reyes, Billy runs Sure Things, Inc., and their first product, the All Ball (a ball that turns into different sports balls with the push of a button), is flying off the shelves. But while being a superstar inventor is super fun, it isn’t always super easy. Every day Billy must navigate school, homework, and his dad’s terrible cooking (stuffed sardines, anyone?), all while coming up with bestselling inventions. Can this kid entrepreneur handle it all? For sure!

This collectible boxed set includes paperback editions of:
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Stink Spectacular
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Cat-Dog Translator
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Best Test

About the authors

Luke Sharpe is not a millionaire, but he has been trying to invent a machine that can teleport people anywhere in the world since he was eight years old. He has so far been unsuccessful but he has vowed never to give up. When he isn’t working, Luke enjoys Hawaiian pizza and skateboarding. He lives near Chicago with his wife and son (named Billy, of course), their gecko, Eddie, and their aquarium full of exotic fish.

Luke Sharpe's profile page

Look! Look what I've done!! The words of an eight year old as he holds up the drawing of a vibrant red fire engine. Oh Graham, that's wonderful.

Really? Oh this is good. You draw a picture and you get a reaction. I could get into this! And so it began. The seed was planted, further watered by bedtime rituals of propping pillows up against his bedroom wall getting into bed to get lost in a family member's reading of The Wind in the Willows.

An unintended lesson learned through those readings that our intrepid illustrator still calls upon in his illustration work is that the viewer will take different things from the illustration and he will add elements to the illustration that may go over some heads, but others will catch them and smile. There's always something to look at.

A graduate of the illustration program at Sheridan College in Ontario, Graham thought he would stick around the big smoke and in addition to his work as a designer at Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart, he would also cultivate his Flock of Seagulls hair style and work on his dance floor moves. But alas soon follicles started to recede and shoulder pads deflated, so Graham moved back to his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario to contemplate his next career move.

It was in Ottawa that Graham began his freelance illustration and graphic design career. A career that has spawned illustrations for such publishers as Orca Book Publishers, Scholastic Canada, and Meadowside Books of the United Kingdom, as well as numerous Canadian government agencies and private design firms.

He lives in Merrickville, Ontario with a circus star family: his juggling wife, a helldriver daughter, a canine cannonball, and a fire breathing cat.

Graham Ross' profile page

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