Football School Epic Heroes: 50 true tales that shook the world
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Football School Epic Heroes is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations. Perfect for readers 7+ and recommended by the National Literacy Trust, BookTrust, the Premier League and parents and teachers
Celebrate the greatest names and teams in football history with this collection of 50 true stories.
Discover the greatest football moments of all time in this collection of 50 exciting stories, perfect for fans of Football School: Star Players. Discover the incredible stories of heroes such as Messi, Ronaldo, Klopp and Rapinoe, but also the tales of the dog that helped win the league for his team and the team who won the championship with the very final kick of the game. Bringing together the best names in the game with some truly weird, wonderful and hilarious occurrences, this book is a must-read for any young football fan.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Walker Books (1 Oct. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 208 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1406386650 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1406386653 |
| Reading age | 7 – 12 years |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 1.4 x 19.8 cm |
by mr arthur morrow
suitable choice as present for young football enthudiast
by N. Harding
Bought this for my nephew and so glad I had a flick through it first. I will be returning it.
The first page I turned to had a story with anti-Trump sentiments. Whatever our feelings about Trump, I don’t feel a book about football aimed at children is the place to do it.
Flicked a little further and found another story with details about sexuality. Totally unsuitable for a young child, and completely unnecessary in a book which is meant to be about football.
Extremely disappointing.
by i
good for kids
by Morgan
My son, aged 8, loves this series. He is a keen footballer and a very good reader, so enjoys reading about football players very much.
by alex
My six year old loves this book. He doesn’t love reading for fun but he has read all of this and has also read lots of it out to me. My husband found it really interesting as well. Great book.
by Marion Wakeling
Bought two for the grandsons for Christmas. Had a quick peep and they will love them.
by Anonymous
Bought as a gift for 8 year old. Seemed very happy with it when he opened it
by Whispering Stories
The Football School books have been going for several years. They started as books that combined different subjects from school with football. Lately, they have moved on to different areas of the great game, this one being 50 true football tales that shook the world
Whilst some of the tales are jaw-dropping I’m not sure that they all shook the world. From a Chilean cheating goal-keeper who tried to get Brazil disqualified to a Russian footballer being sentenced to ten years in prison for praising western Europe, but inside he was treated like royalty by both the inmates and guards. Some of the stories are from many years ago, whilst others are bang up to date.
The book is full of black and white artwork, often hilarious, and snippets of information too. At the back is a forty question quiz on what the reader has learned throughout as well as some pages set up like front pages of newspapers for children to write their own football story in.
The book is a wonderful compliment to the rest of the series and with school books, a quiz book, a joke book, puzzle books, star players book, and now this one, I do wonder where the duo can take the series next. Are there still more football stories they haven’t covered?
If you have a football-mad child then this is the book to give them. Hopefully, they will enjoy learning all about some of the weird, strange, unusual, heroic, and captivating moments that there has been in the world of football.
Book Reviewed on Whispering Stories Book Blog
*I received a free copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed