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Walker Books (2018), 208 pages
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The second book in the groundbreaking new series from two bestselling writers 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. What is a vomitory? When do footballers wee? Where do goalkeepers let in chickens? When did women start playing football? You'll find the answers to these questions and more in chapters on subjects such as biology, maths and history. 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.
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LibraryThing member JaxlynLeigh
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*
Like the first in the series, this book starts out with bodily functions that occur during/before soccer. It follows a similar format for each section, giving the history, facts, and pop quizzes. Soccer fans
Like the first in the series, this book starts out with bodily functions that occur during/before soccer. It follows a similar format for each section, giving the history, facts, and pop quizzes. Soccer fans
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LibraryThing member HoneyBee4Me
Soccer School Where Soccer Explains the World – Season 2
With Authors Coaches Alex Bellos and Lyttleton
This handy little book presents itself as a light, cartoon-filled introduction into the world of soccer. But don’t let that fool you! The authors and also coaches, Alex Bellos and Ben
The book is stuffed with information and true stories from around the world. Facts about soccer are presented and explained to the reader by using its relationship to history, engineering, biology, foreign languages, physics, and many more areas. At the end of each chapter, there is a short quiz to keep readers sharp. Who knew that winning the game of soccer requires insight into so many fields of study?
I expected that this book would provide an advanced set of game rules and a deeper explanation of strategy on the soccer field. Forget that! Bellos and Lyttleton use soccer to entice young learners to broaden thinking using their favorite game.
Thank you to Early Reviewers and Walker Books for giving me the opportunity to review this book.
With Authors Coaches Alex Bellos and Lyttleton
This handy little book presents itself as a light, cartoon-filled introduction into the world of soccer. But don’t let that fool you! The authors and also coaches, Alex Bellos and Ben
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Lyttleton, demonstrate they can teach children almost anything using the most popular sport in the world as a starting point! The book is stuffed with information and true stories from around the world. Facts about soccer are presented and explained to the reader by using its relationship to history, engineering, biology, foreign languages, physics, and many more areas. At the end of each chapter, there is a short quiz to keep readers sharp. Who knew that winning the game of soccer requires insight into so many fields of study?
I expected that this book would provide an advanced set of game rules and a deeper explanation of strategy on the soccer field. Forget that! Bellos and Lyttleton use soccer to entice young learners to broaden thinking using their favorite game.
Thank you to Early Reviewers and Walker Books for giving me the opportunity to review this book.
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LibraryThing member Bonnie_Ferrante
This unusual book explains the science, and more, behind soccer. It covers such topics as why the soccer ball is round, how to have healthy grass for the soccer field, languages around the world, and filming the event. There is a class schedule at the beginning that lists such subjects pertaining
Just in case your child resists reading an educational book disguised as entertainment, the authors have extensively discussed vomit and urine as it relates to soccer. You will learn more than you expect. Although there is a fair bit of humor interjected into the content, it is extensively well researched and written. Each chapter ends with a quiz of five or six multiple choice questions. The level of knowledge is quite high. The answers are in the back of the book.
Some tidbits that caught my attention were:
The lawn mower was a spinoff of an invention to cut off the tufty bits of cloth from soldiers uniforms.
Some languages have original words that exist nowhere else. For example in the Philippines they have a word for taking a bath with your clothes on. In India and Bangladesh they have a word for the sound, sight, or motion of a big person's buttocks rubbing together as they walk.
Since cameras broadcasting a soccer game are scattered in and around the field, they receive different lighting and so must be color adjusted to match each other.
The book also contains helpful information on meeting personal goals and motivation. It's quite amazing how much has been packed into this 198 page book. Although the vocabulary is quite rich and some of the concepts are a bit challenging, I think kids aged eight and up who enjoy trivia, science, and soccer will love this book. More than a few adults we'll find something interesting here as well.
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to soccer as biology, math, art, religious studies, psychology, business studies, and engineering. How the authors connect all of these topics to soccer is impressive and interesting.Just in case your child resists reading an educational book disguised as entertainment, the authors have extensively discussed vomit and urine as it relates to soccer. You will learn more than you expect. Although there is a fair bit of humor interjected into the content, it is extensively well researched and written. Each chapter ends with a quiz of five or six multiple choice questions. The level of knowledge is quite high. The answers are in the back of the book.
Some tidbits that caught my attention were:
The lawn mower was a spinoff of an invention to cut off the tufty bits of cloth from soldiers uniforms.
Some languages have original words that exist nowhere else. For example in the Philippines they have a word for taking a bath with your clothes on. In India and Bangladesh they have a word for the sound, sight, or motion of a big person's buttocks rubbing together as they walk.
Since cameras broadcasting a soccer game are scattered in and around the field, they receive different lighting and so must be color adjusted to match each other.
The book also contains helpful information on meeting personal goals and motivation. It's quite amazing how much has been packed into this 198 page book. Although the vocabulary is quite rich and some of the concepts are a bit challenging, I think kids aged eight and up who enjoy trivia, science, and soccer will love this book. More than a few adults we'll find something interesting here as well.
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LibraryThing member MsZReadz
This book is a companion to Soccer School: Where Soccer Explains (Rules) the World. It creatively presents facts and information to initially hook the interest, and subsequently, educate the soccer loving middle schooler. It is organized by subject, connecting with potential classes that students
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may be taking in school. Students who are not as passionate about the sport may not feel the momentum of beginning, continuing, and completing this book - but this is a just-right fit for many who are enthusiastic soccer fans. Show Less
LibraryThing member Zouaghimm
This book is a great book for children to learn about various subjects through their favorite topic, soccer! The comical illustrations throughout the book liven up the content and make it more engaging for kids. I love that it covers a wide variety of subjects such as; language and the origin of
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different words, water and how it effects your body, healthy kid-friendly smoothie recipes, life lessons (loosing being as important as winning), historical facts, biology, film studies, engineering, the environment, and more. The book further interacts with kids by including end-of-the-lesson quizzes. Overall, I loved the book. A local youth center just opened up and I donated it to them for their members to enjoy. Hoping that by the time my son is old enough to read these sorts of books, I'll remember to purchase him this one! Show Less
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English
Physical description
208 p.; 7.8 inches
ISBN
9781406379211
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