LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman’s own love of football suffuses this story which perfectly captures the thrill all footballers have of scoring the winning goal. As the new boy in a small local team a young boy dreams that one day he will be out on the pitch and will the strike the winning goal at the World Goal. Full of action and detail, Michael Foreman’s illustrations capture how his youthful dreams and reality merge to create a classic football story.
Reviewed by Julia Eccleshare M.B.EJulia Eccleshare has a lifetime of working within children’s books as a critic, an editor, an author and a commentator.
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Like many children all over the world, a small boy dreams of winning the World Cup! But in the meantime, scoring the perfect, time-stopping goal would be just fine. And once you've done that, who knows what the future might hold?
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Wonder Goal! Synopsis
Like many children all over the world, a small boy dreams of winning the World Cup! But in the meantime, scoring the perfect, time-stopping goal would be just fine. And once you've done that, who knows what the future might hold?
Published to coincide with the 2018 Football World Cup.
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9781783446582 |
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4th May 2018 |
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Michael Foreman |
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Michael Foreman |
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Andersen Press Ltd |
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Paperback |
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32 pages |
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Press Reviews
Michael Foreman Press Reviews
Each of his panoramic, framed scenes spans nearly the entire width of a spread, evoking the feeling of a larger-than-life dream. . . . Suitable for dreamers in any sport. --School Library Journal
Michael Foreman deserves all the applause he gets. Independent
The illustrations are dynamic and action-packed, yet soft, gentle and atmospheric at the same time. This is a real 'father and son EYE
Watercolours are splendid... evocatively captured. The School Librarian
Michael Foreman has a flair for turning a book into a special occasion. -- Quentin Blake
Michael Foreman has triumphed with the perfect picture book for football fans of all ages. Publishing News
Occasionally you come across a book that is clearly very special to its author. Wonder Goal is just such a book. This is not just for the boys; everyone will love it. The Bookseller
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About Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman was our Guest Editor in March 2010 - click here - to see the books that inspired his writing.
Michael Foreman was born in Suffolk in 1938, and studied at Lowestoft School of Art, St Martin’s, London, and the Royal College of Art, where he won a scholarship to the USA in 1963. He has worked as an Art Director at Playboy and King magazines and still works as Art Editor of the literary journal Ambit.
He has also made animated films in Scandinavia and for the BBC. His first book, The General, (a picture book published in 1961), dealt with disarmament and received rave reviews. Since then he has illustrated more than thirty of his own books and over a hundred by authors as varied as Shakespeare, J.M. Barrie, the Brothers Grimm and former Python, Terry Jones. He has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading illustrators and has won numerous prizes including the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal (twice), the Francis Williams Prize (twice) and the Aigle d’Argent at the Festival International du Livre in France. Michael is married and has three sons.
He spends most of his time in London, but regularly visits St Ives, Cornwall, where he owns the painter Ben Nicholson’s old house.
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