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by Gordon D'Arcy (Author), Paul Howard (Author)
Irish sports legend Gordon D'Arcy and bestselling author Paul Howard have teamed up with children's illustrator Ashwin Chacko on this heart-pumping interactive picture book that puts young readers in the boots of a soccer player competing for the championship cup, while teaching them the basic skills of the game along the way!
It's match day. Are you ready?
Swing your legs high in the air! Do some high knees! Then face off against your opponents in the game for the ages. Slide on the floor to tackle, run into the box and weave past defenders to score that all important goal. This team is good, so it's going to take everything you have to win the cup...
This fully illustrated picture book is one for children and grown-ups to tackle together.
Author Biography
Gordon D'Arcy is a retired rugby player who won two Six Nations medals with Ireland, three Heineken Cups with Leinster and toured with the British and Irish Lions. He is second on the list for most Leinster appearances and third on the all-time Leinster try-scorer list, and was named Six Nations Player of the Tournament in 2004. Post-retirement he teamed up with Paul Howard on their initial collaboration, the rugby-themed Gordon's Game trilogy, which made the bestseller lists in each of the three years of their publication.
Paul Howard is best known for the bestselling Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series, which has sold over a million copies. He is a former Irish Sports Journalist of the Year. He holds the record for the most Irish Book Award wins. His previous children's books include the 'Gordon's Game' and 'Aldrin Adams' series, both published by Puffin.
Ashwin Chacko is a positively playful award winning, author-Illustrator and motivational speaker. He specialises in positively playful, visual storytelling to bring joy and encouragement. His mission is to champion creativity and empower people to find their inner spark through his art, books, talks & workshops. His books include: Keep At It, Little Optimist, Everybody Feels Fear, A Little Book about Justice, What Wondrous Shapes We Are, Wild City (An Post Irish Book of the Year: Children's Junior shortlist) and I Am The Wind (Winner of the Children's Senior An Post Irish Book of the Year).
