Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Association football (Soccer)

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Book SynopsisBarbie(TM) can be a soccer player in this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader!It's time for the big championship soccer game, and Barbie's friend Raquelle thinks she can win the game all by herself. Can Barbie convince Raquelle that it takes more than one person to make a team? Children ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 Deluxe Step into Reading leveled reader about Barbie(TM) and her friends as they learn what it takes to be a team soccer player. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.Since 1959, Barbie has shown girls that they can live their dreams. From an astronaut to a chef to the president, she knows that girls can do anything!

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Book SynopsisS is for soccer. F is for football, and fÚtbol, and fußball… No matter what you call it, everyone loves the beautiful game! The creators of B is for Baller return with a vibrant, stylish parade of soccer legends. Featuring dozens of international superstars like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, PelÉ, Diego Maradona, Marta, Mia Hamm, and Abby Wambach, G is for Golazo is the ultimate ABC book for budding soccer fans.Trade Review"Get ready for the ultimate soccer alphabet book! It's a high-energy, international celebration of the biggest names, greatest plays, and fascinating history of the sport. Search this colorful and creative gallery of original artwork from A to Z for all your favorite teams and athletes, whether they are famous bicycle kickers and jugglers or infamous yellow card holders. Learn about early players or how nicknames were earned while cultivating an appreciation of the well-loved game." Foreword Reviews

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Book SynopsisLadyballer (lay-DEE-bawl-er) (noun): A rare breed of awesome female athlete with an incredible passion for the game, a wardrobe consisting of tournament t-shirts, and an appetite fit for a hippopotamus. Featuring hilarious and heartfelt experiences, plus tips on training, nutrition, motivation, balancing soccer with a social life, and choosing the right college, this book is for the girls with bruises, turf burns, and weird tan lines who always find themselves saying, "I can't, I have soccer!"

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Book SynopsisThe perfect gift for young soccer fans, this picture book features twenty-two imaginative poems that capture all aspects of the world's most popular sport.From the coach who inspires players to fly like the wind, to the shin guard that begs to be donned, to soccer dreams that fill the night, Soccerverse celebrates soccer. Featuring a diverse cast of girls and boys, the poems in this collection cover winning, losing, teamwork, friendships, skills, good sportsmanship, and, most of all, love for the game. Elizabeth Steinglass cleverly incorporates thirteen different poetic forms throughout the book, defining each in a note at the end, and Edson Ikê's bold artwork is as creative as the poems are surprising.Trade ReviewAn NCTE Notable Poetry Book“Twenty-two poems celebrate, from a young person's perspective, the beautiful game that is soccer. Ikê's digitally created art is stylized and full of motion. His lighthearted illustrations incorporate some poetic fantasy elements and flourishes…Each poem uses one or more of 13 poetic forms described briefly in an author's note—something that will surely charm teachers and aspiring poets. A pitch-perfect ode to the details and delights of playing soccer.” -Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisAs a child, Abby Wambach was loud and clear about what she wanted and what she didn’t, and she didn’t want to be left out of any competition - especially soccer. In this powerful biography, readers will dance and dart down fields with Abby as she slingshots - balls thwump… whiz… whoosh - straight into goals, sweating and scoring her way from school league leader to U.S. Women’s National Team star. The story follows Abby through both success and setbacks because while even pro athletes miss goals, face losses, and can get injured, determined Abby has always been tougher than her toughest challenge. Readers will cheer on this talented fan favourite as she kicks the legendary U.S. Women’s team toward Olympic fame, while also being reminded that there’s just as much inspiration in Abby’s struggles as in her victories.

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Book SynopsisWhile leading their team to a championship season, soccer-playing twins Aiden and Ava join forces with their good friend Daniel to solve the mystery of their town?s missing soccer trophy, which disappeared 40 years before. Simultaneous.

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