The Winning Goal: Volume 4
Published on 1. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
60 pages
978-1-74297-128-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this charming story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Jack joins the soccer team!
In The Winning Goal, It's Jack's first day at soccer! He really wants to kick a goal, but the coach has made him goalie. There's no glory in goal keeping, is there?
From the Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin comes this fantastic and beloved first chapter-book series. Every story follows Jack, a friendly, everyday kid who loves playing with his best friend, Billie. Created to help build emotional literacy, every book in the Hey Jack! series explores a particular emotion - such as worry, happiness, excitement or disappointment - in a relatable way for young readers. Whether it's about friends, family or feelings, there's no challenge Jack can't figure out!
With more than ten million books in print around the world, best-selling author Sally Rippin has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Every Hey Jack! book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there's plenty of stories in the series to explore!
For more wonderful series by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Billie B Brown and School of Monsters series.
Readers will love other books in the Hey Jack! series:
The Winning Goal
The Scary Solo
The Robot Blues
The Fire Truck
The Big Mess
The Class Party
and many more!
In The Winning Goal, It's Jack's first day at soccer! He really wants to kick a goal, but the coach has made him goalie. There's no glory in goal keeping, is there?
From the Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin comes this fantastic and beloved first chapter-book series. Every story follows Jack, a friendly, everyday kid who loves playing with his best friend, Billie. Created to help build emotional literacy, every book in the Hey Jack! series explores a particular emotion - such as worry, happiness, excitement or disappointment - in a relatable way for young readers. Whether it's about friends, family or feelings, there's no challenge Jack can't figure out!
With more than ten million books in print around the world, best-selling author Sally Rippin has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Every Hey Jack! book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there's plenty of stories in the series to explore!
For more wonderful series by Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Billie B Brown and School of Monsters series.
Readers will love other books in the Hey Jack! series:
The Winning Goal
The Scary Solo
The Robot Blues
The Fire Truck
The Big Mess
The Class Party
and many more!
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
52 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74297-128-5 (9781742971285)
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Persons
The Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin, is a best-selling and beloved author for children. Her most popular series include Billie B Brown, Hey Jack! and School of Monsters, and she has over 10 million books in print worldwide. She is also the author of one book for adults, Wild Things: How We Learn to Read and What Can Happen If We Don't.
Sally loves to write stories with heart featuring characters that resonate with children and is passionate about literacy and access to stories. She travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers.
In 2024, Sally was named the eighth Australian Children's Laureate, a two-year appointment to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians.
Sally loves to write stories with heart featuring characters that resonate with children and is passionate about literacy and access to stories. She travels across the world speaking with parents, teachers and librarians about how to engage struggling readers.
In 2024, Sally was named the eighth Australian Children's Laureate, a two-year appointment to promote the importance and transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians.