Goal!: Football Around the World - Hardcover

Vilela, Caio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847804543 ISBN 13: 9781847804549

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2014

Synopsis

Where there s a ball . . . there will always be someone who wants to play football. This book celebrates a hugely popular game, played all over the world sometimes on a top quality football pitch, sometimes in the desert, sometimes on the street. With action photographs from 15 countries, this uplifting book shows the joy of football, wherever it is played, as well as its ability to unite children across the globe.

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About the Author

SEAN TAYLOR is a children's author and storyteller, with experience of teaching creative writing in three continents. His books include The Great Snake, the Purple Class series, The Grizzly Bear with the Frizzly Hair, Crocodiles Are the Best Animals of All, Who Ate Auntie Iris, We Have Lift-Off and the multi-award-winning When a Monster is Born. He lives in England and Brazil. CAIO VILELA is a photographer and journalist who has travelled to more than 60 countries, producing stories for newspapers and magazines such as the Brazilian editions of National Geographic, Rolling Stone and Elle. He has also worked as an international tour guide, and takes Brazilian trekkers on the Everest Base Camp trail twice a year. Goal! is his first children's book.

From School Library Journal

Gr 1–4—Eye-catching photographs and straightforward text introduce soccer and showcase the accessibility and universality of the sport. The opening endpaper—a close-up image of well-worn soccer balls stowed in a net bag—sets the tone, conveying that this book is about real kids who play a much-loved game. Displayed on handsomely designed spreads, Vilela's vivid images capture the exuberance of young footballers representing an assortment of countries and cultures. For instance, a Brazilian boy performs a perfectly timed header, a smiling youngster dribbles in a field near England's Stonehenge, a teen sporting flip flops juggles a ball in Ghana, and two kids vie for ball possession in the streets of Iran. Photos of Tanzanian children playing with a sphere cleverly fashioned from wire and rags or barefoot youngsters in India kicking a ball in a dusty spot beneath a tree emphasize the fact soccer that can be enjoyed almost anywhere and does not require expensive equipment. Boxed soccer facts about each country are included, and an outline map showing their locations is appended. A rousing celebration of global diversity and the game that unites us all.—Joy Fleishhacker, School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1847804543
• ISBN 13: 9781847804549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40