First Football Book

Name: First Football Book
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781836042495
Price: 14.99 NZD
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By Simon Tudhope

Series: First Hobby Books

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A bright and friendly guide to the world's most popular sport.
This guide is the perfect introduction to the most popular sport on the planet. Learn the basics of how to play, and find out what it's like to follow your team as a fan. These days, football can turn young players into superstars - but at its heart it's still just a simple game about kicking a ball around with your friends.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781836042495

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Christos Skaltsas

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 194.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Simon Tudhope (Author)
Before joining Usborne, Simon worked in Moscow as sports editor for a local paper. These days he writes about things that aren't actually real, but are very important nevertheless. Mysteries and monsters and impossible quests in faraway realms that you won't find on any map. All the sort of stuff he loved as a child, basically. (And still does.)

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