Coach Shirley's Soccer Team: Winning the Game of Life

Coach Shirley's Soccer Team: Winning the Game of Life is a heartwarming children's story about teamwork, confidence, and learning powerful life lessons through sports.

Coach Shirley wants her players to win on and off the field by building strong character. She believes soccer is about more than scoring goals. It is about who you become in the process.

Through guidance, encouragement, and high expectations, she teaches her team to practice with purpose, learn from mistakes, support one another, and never give up.

At the heart of the story are Shirley's Laws, nine simple but powerful principles that children can memorize, recite, and carry with them every day.

This book also includes:

• Interactive activity pages
• Positive affirmations
• A Be Your Own Champion section
• A coloring page with a QR code to download and printAll designed to extend learning beyond the story and keep kids engaged long after the final page.

Perfect for:

• K-3 classroom read-alouds
• Social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum
• Character education and advisory programs
• Youth sports teams and soccer leagues
• School and public libraries
• Birthdays, holidays, and back-to-school gifts

Released in January 2026, Coach Shirley's Soccer Team earned recognition as an Amazon Top New Release in Children's Soccer. With five-star reviews from parents, educators, and young readers, this is a story that inspires children to believe in themselves, build strong character, and become champions in life.

C.A. Prailleau is a children's author, storyteller, and communications professional who believes every child deserves encouragement, confidence, and a team that believes in them.A lifelong writer, C.A. has built a career in technical and corporate communications, crafting clear, purposeful content that helps people understand, connect, and take action. She now brings that same clarity, creativity, and heart to children's literature.Inspired by mentorship, imagination, and the everyday lessons children learn through play, C.A. wrote Coach Shirley's Soccer Team: Winning the Game of Life, a joyful story that helps young readers explore self-love, build confidence, practice leadership, and take accountability for their choices. Released in January 2026, the book became an Amazon #1 New Release in Children's Soccer.Through her stories, C.A. encourages children to believe in themselves, lead with kindness, take responsibility for their choices, and uplift the people around them. Her message is simple: "We are the greatest." Because greatness already lives inside every child-on and off the field.C.A. lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area, where she enjoys spending time with her family and serving her community.

TullipStudio⁠ is a children's book illustration and design studio specializing in original, custom artwork. Their team provides illustration, character design, storyboarding, book covers, layout, and formatting, helping authors transform their stories into fully realized children's books. All illustrations are created from scratch by professional artists without AI-generated art or clipart.