Football World Cup 2018
The World Cup 2018 kicks of in Russia on 14 June - will you and your children be glued to the box or hiding in one?! For all those children who are football fans, Lovereading4kids has assembled a formidable line-up of football related books, for all ages, that will boost a love of reading, as well as a love of the game itself.
Kick
Mitch Johnson
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2018 | October 2017
Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: serious issues in a
fast-moving, vividly told football story Like lots of kids
in this country, Budi lives for football, training with...
Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2017
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Wonder Goal!
Michael Foreman
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month May 2018 |
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...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/05/2018
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The Match
Russell Ayto
Told in single words, and through grey pencil illustrations on an
admittedly startling green background, this story encompasses
anticipation, disappointment, despair, resignation … then
hope, surprise and utter joy! A man and his dog lead uneventful
lives: one works in...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 03/05/2018
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Match! Football Puzzles
Match
This book of quizzes, wordsearches, puzzles and more will really
test your knowledge of football and the top teams and players.
There's something fun to do on every page, from answering
questions, to working out the identity of mystery players...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 17/05/2018
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Llamas Go Large
Scott Allen
In a nutshell: llama football stars called up for England
at the World Cup | Llamas United took the
footballing (and book) world by storm in their first adventure, and
will win more readers still with their second. Real llamas,...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/05/2018
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The Little Book of Football Jokes
Joe King
Compact enough to fit into a ref's top pocket, this little book is
filled with enough football jokes, songs and limericks to see you
through the World Cup. There are old favourites, such as the one
about the difference between...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/05/2018
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The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia
Clive Gifford
Football crams dynamic action, breathtaking skills and
heartstopping tension into 90 minutes of play. It is sport as
drama, making heroes and villains out of its players, managers and
officials. So says author Clive Gifford in his introduction to
this...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 19/04/2018
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Football School Season 2: Where Football Explains the World
Spike Gerrell, Alex Bellos
This clever, hugely entertaining book is further proof, if it were
needed, that football is the best game in the world, and that there
is nothing, absolutely nothing, you can't learn from studying it.
Authors Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/05/2018
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Fantastic Footballers
Jean-Michel Billioud
This is football done as a super-cool picture information book.
Forty footballers are introduced over stylish double-page spreads,
each one represented in graphic, stylish illustration that picks
out distinctive characteristics. Blocks of text integrated into the
opposite page fill you...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 03/05/2018
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The Football Trials: Kick Off
John Hickman
In a nutshell: great football story, accessible to all
readers The story told in Kick Off will
be familiar to lots of kids from their daydreams. Jackson is a
talented footballer and one day after a game in the park,...
Featured in: 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/04/2018
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Top Of The League
Andrea Mills
The 2018 World Cup is approaching but that still might not be
enough football for some young fans; Top of the
League will keep them happy until the season starts again!
It's packed full of football facts and trivia covering...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/04/2018
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Football School: The Amazing Quiz Book
Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton
Even people who don't much like football will love this book, and
if you are a fan of the beautiful game it will provide hours of
fun. The authors, creators of the excellent Football
School series, have come up with...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/04/2018
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Mascot!
Alan MacDonald
In a nutshell: ever fresh and funny, the adventures of an
inveterate scamp It's hard to believe this is the 30th
Dirty Bertie story, it's so fresh and full of
energy. Bertie just can't avoid trouble, and gets up to...
Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 08/03/2018
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The New Football Coach
Dominique Demers
The latest instalment in Dominique Demers's popular Adventures of
Miss Charlotte series, The New Football Coach, brilliantly
illustrated by Tony Ross, is a marvellous tale about believing in
yourself and beating the odds.
Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 26/04/2018
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Atlas of Football
Clive Gifford
An absorbing gift for avid football fans aged 7+ years, perfect for
the next David Beckham. Kick off your footballing journey and see
the world in a whole new light! Discover fascinating facts and
stats - from record-breaking goals to...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/01/1970
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Barry Loser is the best at football NOT!
Jim Smith
The tenth book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning
Barry Loser LOSER series. Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old
and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Dennis the Menace and
Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/05/2018
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Football Forgery
Barbara Mitchelhill
In a nutshell: comic triumphs and mishaps of a schoolboy
detective Schoolboy super-sleuth Damian Drooth is back
with a new case: someone is selling forged tickets outside his
local football ground and Damian is determined to track down the
culprit....
Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/02/2018
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50 things you should know about Football
Aidan Keir Radnedge
Football is the world's most popular sport, and the world cup will
see millions of people across the globe united in their love of the
game. This book will fascinate any fan. It covers all aspects of
the game, from...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 19/04/2018
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Dream Team
Alan Gibbons
With the World Cup coming up, football stories are even more
appealing than usual, and Alan Gibbons knows just how to win and
hold young readers' attention. There are two halves to the story:
interspersed with the tale of youth...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/01/2018
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The Football Trials: Dangerous Play
John Hickman
In a nutshell: football-set story, accessible to all
readers Jackson Law is a talented footballer, newly signed
to the United youth squad. Real life carries on though, and a
budding romance with the girl he's always fancied brings him up...
Featured in: 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/04/2018
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The Penalty
Mal Peet
This is the second novel from Mal Peet that features Paul Faustino,
South America's top sports journalist. It's a brilliant thriller,
beautifully written and the author's passion for football shines
through in the writing. If you're football mad or want...
Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/04/2016
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Booked
Kwame Alexander
Shortlisted for the CLPE Children's Poetry Award (CLiPPA)
2017 Nick is football mad, finding more poetry, more to
stimulate him on the soccer field and with a ball at his feet than
he ever does in books. This doesn't go...
Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/05/2016
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COPA90: Our World Cup A Fans' Guide to 2018
Copa90
Preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup can begin right now with
this handsome and thoroughly comprehensive guide to the tournament.
Over 170 colour pages it details the teams and the players, not
just today's but the best from the...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/04/2018
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You can keep up with all the World Cup news @FIFAWorldCup and on FIFA World Cup facebook page and don't forget to have a look at The Official FIFA World Cup 2018 website, which has everything your children will need to know in order to become a World Cup expert.
And if you want to remind them about England's triumph in 1966 click here to read more about the epic final.
Finally, if you thought football was lacking in literary connections, consider the Mexico squad of 2002. Their defence included Gabriel, Garcia, and Marquez!
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