First Football Book
Published on 7. May 2026
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-83604-249-5 (ISBN)
Description
A simple and inspiring guide to the world's most popular sport - football!
Children can learn the basics of how to play, and also find out what it's like to follow your team as a fan. With bright and clear illustrations, this is the perfect introduction for children aged 5 years and above.
- A friendly, straightforward guide to how to play football
- Lots of bright and clear illustrations to demonstrate the basics
- With expert advice from international footballer Naomi Bedeau
Children can learn the basics of how to play, and also find out what it's like to follow your team as a fan. With bright and clear illustrations, this is the perfect introduction for children aged 5 years and above.
- A friendly, straightforward guide to how to play football
- Lots of bright and clear illustrations to demonstrate the basics
- With expert advice from international footballer Naomi Bedeau
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 years
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83604-249-5 (9781836042495)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Simon Tudhope (Author)
Before joining Usborne, Simon worked in Moscow as sports editor for a local paper. These days he writes about things that aren't actually real, but are very important nevertheless. Mysteries and monsters and impossible quests in faraway realms that you won't find on any map. All the sort of stuff he loved as a child, basically. (And still does.)
Before joining Usborne, Simon worked in Moscow as sports editor for a local paper. These days he writes about things that aren't actually real, but are very important nevertheless. Mysteries and monsters and impossible quests in faraway realms that you won't find on any map. All the sort of stuff he loved as a child, basically. (And still does.)
Content
Chapters in this book include:
- A sport for everyone
- Where can I play?
- The team
- Training
- Passing
- Dribbling
- Winning the ball
- Scoring a goal
- Goalkeeping
- The referee and fouls
- Free kicks
- Penalties
- Going to a game
- The final whistle
- A sport for everyone
- Where can I play?
- The team
- Training
- Passing
- Dribbling
- Winning the ball
- Scoring a goal
- Goalkeeping
- The referee and fouls
- Free kicks
- Penalties
- Going to a game
- The final whistle