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Let's play soccer! / Ben Lerwill ; illustrated by Marina Ruiz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Welbeck Editions, 2023Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781803380438
  • 1803380438
Other title:
  • Let us play soccer
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "This lyrical non-fiction picture book celebrates the simple joys of soccer, whatever your background or ability. Rather than focusing on rules, skills, superstars, big clubs and record-breaking feats, this uplifting book for young children celebrates the planet's best-loved sport and shows how the world's most accessible game -- where the only equipment needed is something that rolls -- has evolved into a force for unity, and a sport for absolutely everyone. Spreads cover how soccer can be played by all ages, genders, and abilities, whatever your racial, cultural or economic background, and whether you're in a state-of-the-art stadium or just a simple patch of scrubland"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 796.334 L621 Available 33111011076292
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 796.334 L621 Available 33111011307630
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This lyrical non-fiction picture book celebrates the simple joys of soccer, whatever your background or ability.

"Lerwill and Ruiz's ode to the Beautiful Game offers a portrait of the sport as one that unites....The picture that emerges of soccer's universality sings as it inspires."-- Publishers Weekly

Rather than focusing on rules, skills, superstars, big clubs and record-breaking feats, this uplifting book for young children celebrates the planet's best-loved sport and shows how the world's most accessible game - where the only equipment needed is something that rolls - has evolved into a force for unity, and a sport for absolutely everyone. Spreads cover how soccer can be played by all ages, genders, and abilities, whatever your racial, cultural or economic background, and whether you're in a state-of-the-art stadium or just a simple patch of scrubland.

"This lyrical non-fiction picture book celebrates the simple joys of soccer, whatever your background or ability. Rather than focusing on rules, skills, superstars, big clubs and record-breaking feats, this uplifting book for young children celebrates the planet's best-loved sport and shows how the world's most accessible game -- where the only equipment needed is something that rolls -- has evolved into a force for unity, and a sport for absolutely everyone. Spreads cover how soccer can be played by all ages, genders, and abilities, whatever your racial, cultural or economic background, and whether you're in a state-of-the-art stadium or just a simple patch of scrubland"--Provided by publisher.

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