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Where Football Explains the World : Football School Season

Football School Season Book 3

by Alex BellosBen Lyttleton and Spike Gerrell
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/11/2018

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The third book in the bestselling series that teaches you about the world through football.

This book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads – and it's all about football.

Learn the maths behind the coin toss, how a good night's sleep helps you perform better on the pitch, the history of trophies, the biology of the foot and about animal mascots from around the world.

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.

  • The third book in the Football School series which promotes immersive learning and literacy. There are currently over 75,000 copies of the series in print. 
  • Football fever will be sweeping the country for the 2018 World Cup. 
  • Illustrated throughout with witty black-and-white cartoons by Spike Gerrell.
ISBN:
9781406379563
9781406379563
Category:
Football / soccer (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-11-2018
Publisher:
Walker Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
176
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x12mm
Weight:
0.24kg
Alex Bellos

Alex Bellos writes about maths for the Guardian and is the author of several bestselling popular science books.

He has also written Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life, which was shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year, and he ghost-wrote Pelé’s bestselling autobiography.

He lives in West London.

Ben Lyttleton

Ben Lyttleton is an author, broadcaster and consultant to professional football clubs. He is the author of Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty and Edge: What Business Can Learn from Football.

He lives in North London.

Spike Gerrell

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.

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