Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World

Name: Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9781406373400
Price: 16.99 NZD
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By Ben Lyttleton and Alex Bellos

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Summary

In Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World, Ben Lyttleton and Alex Bellos combine their love for the beautiful game with fascinating trivia and educational facts. The book explores how football is intertwined with various subjects such as history, biology, and geography, making learning engaging and entertaining for young readers. With a mix of quirky facts and humour, this children's book presents football as a lens through which to explore the world.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a young reader fascinated by football and curious about how it connects to other areas like science, geography, and culture. The engaging and educational narrative makes learning fun by weaving exciting football stories with informative content.

Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World

Description

A groundbreaking new series from two bestselling writers that teaches you about the world through football. Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World is packed with awesome true stories, real science, and fascinating facts that will make you laugh loads.

When do footballers poo? Can you play football on Mars? What is a magic sponge? You will find the answers to these questions and more in chapters on subjects such as history, geography, biology, and maths.

Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons and filled with laugh-out-loud gags, this is the perfect book for any boy or girl who loves football.

Your coaches at Football School, Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, are journalists, broadcasters, and award-winning science and sports writers. Their knowledge, enthusiasm, and engaging writing make them the perfect team to teach you how to score with your head.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World is praised as an inspiring and humorous book that encourages children's enthusiasm for learning through football. Reviewers highlight its effectiveness in integrating diverse subjects like geography, maths, and psychology with engaging and entertaining content. Both children and parents have found it educational and enjoyable, making it a hit among football-loving families.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781406373400

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 May 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Spike Gerrell

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 204g

Pages: 208

Collections

Alex Bellos Ben Lyttleton Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Humour Soccer Sports

About the Author

Alex Bellos writes about maths for the Guardian and is the author of two works of popular science, Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Alex Through the Looking-Glass as well as the mathematical colouring book Snowflake Seashell Star. He has also written Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life, which was shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year, and he ghost-wrote Pele's bestselling autobiography. He lives in West London.Ben Lyttleton is a journalist, broadcaster and football consultant. He is the author of Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty and his football articles have been published in over 20 countries. He is a director of Soccernomics, a football consultancy that helps teams improve their performance. He lives in North London.Spike Gerrell is a prolific cartoonist known for his "spiky-nosed" illustrations. His work has been published in the New Scientist, Independent, Times Educational Supplement and Guardian. Spike lives in North London.