My First Book of Soccer

A Rookie Book (A Sports Illustrated Kids Book)

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Pub Date 16 May 2017 | Archive Date 27 Jun 2017
Time Inc. Books | Sports Illustrated Kids

Description

The fourth book in the fan-favorite Rookie Book series, Sports Illustrated Kids explains the most popular sport in the world to its youngest fans.

The ref blows the whistle, the striker approaches for kickoff, feet fly—a soccer match is underway! With a fun mix of Sports Illustrated action photography, simple text, a full glossary of terms, and awesome graphics, My First Book of Soccerintroduces readers to the world’s favorite game. Kids (and probably a few adults, too) will learn how the clock counts “up” and never stops, what an offside means, what’s up with those yellow cards, and how kicks become a gooooaaaallll!

Illustrated "rookie" characters appears on every page, guiding the reader moment by moment, and helping to make My First Book of Soccer an ideal shared reading experience between parents and their little rookies before, during, and after the game.
 
The fourth book in the fan-favorite Rookie Book series, Sports Illustrated Kids explains the most popular sport in the world to its youngest fans.

The ref blows the whistle, the striker approaches...

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ISBN 9781683300021
PRICE $11.99 (USD)

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This is the fourth book in the "My First Book of..." series. It uses photographs of soccer players, cartoon drawings of a girl and boy, and speech bubbles to explain the sport of soccer in a easy to understand way. The photos are full-colour action shots of both men and women's soccer teams. Each page describes a particular part of the game, such as a position or a rule. Some of the commentary in the bubbles are cute jokes that will amuse the reader. A good book to use with a group of young children learning about soccer whether in a school for a physical education class or a community group.

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There is so much to love about this book, bright colours and the clever use of photos and cartoon pictures that make learning about a sport so much fun. I learnt so much about soccer/football from reading this book, and the information is not only great for children, but also for a parent whose child is just starting out.
I appreciate that that both women and men, and various cultures have been included in this book. It is an honest representative of the sport.
I got a good understanding of soccer/football terms such as header, corner kick, shot, save, wall, red card, offside and substitution. The way that the author has written the definitions into the book has been done so seamlessly, they just flow into the text.
The two cartoon characters are both adorable and funny, and make what could be just an information book into something more of an easy to read book. My only disappointment with the book is one bit of bad sportsmanship when one of the players has a speech bubble saying that she hopes she stubs her toe. I felt this was unnecessary.
The use of the clock in the corner of each page is a clever use of explaining how halves and time work in the game. Being a visual learner I particularly found this helpful and feel it is a smart way to teach children how this part of the game works.
The cartoon speech bubbles are quite fun. With words such as “I think it’s coming right toward me!”, “whew! Not coming toward me!”, “I can’t believe it went in”, and “Dribble? Here, take this bib.”
If you want to play soccer/football, or your child does then I recommend this book. It’s fun, factual and informative.

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My First Book of Soccer is a funny, fact-filled picture about the rules of soccer. It explains different types of players and plays using real photographs and funny comments that keep the book enjoyable. This would be useful to beginning soccer players from preschool to fourth or fifth grade. Even bigger kids would enjoy this and it makes understanding the game very easy. Great way to teach about a sport!

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My First Book of Soccer, from the editors of Sports Illustrated for Kids, is a surprisingly comprehensive guide to the sometimes-confusing game of soccer, or football. With full color photographs of real soccer players on each page accompanied by small cartoon illustrations of “rookie” players, the layout is colorful, simple and perfect for young readers. Children and adults unfamiliar with the game are certain to find this book educational and entertaining as they learn the different positions, terms and layout of the field. With thought and speech bubbles throughout, children will find the corny jokes more humorous than adults.
This is both a good read aloud text for non-readers as well as an engaging read for independent readers. Highly recommended for anyone young or old interested in learning the basics of the game of soccer in a straightforward and fun way.

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A fun and in depth look at football that breaks all the rules down in easy to read bite sized chapters.

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