Football School Encyclopedia - Everything You Want to Know About Football

A fun and essential guide to the world of football and an incredible gift for young fans.
Discover everything you've EVER wanted to know about football, from fascinating facts about your favourite players and clubs, to incredible international stats and terrific trivia. Packed with hilarious illustrations, this encyclopedia is anything but boring! Learn about all aspects of the game, including the positions, rules, mascots, nicknames, trophies and tournaments and laugh loads along the way. Brought to you by the bestselling creators of the Football School series, this book is a joyful celebration of the beautiful game.

"We love this book series!" Match of the Day Weekly

"Intelligent, inspiring, funny!" Head of Education, Premier League on the Football School series

About the author

Alex Bellos writes about maths and puzzles for the Guardian and is the bestselling author of Alex’s Adventures in Numberland and Alex Through the Looking-Glass, as well as two mathematical colouring books. He has also written Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life, which was shortlisted for Sports Book of the Year, and he ghost-wrote Pelé’s bestselling autobiography.Ben Lyttleton is a journalist, broadcaster and football consultant. He is the author of Edge and Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty and his football articles have been published in over 20 countries. He is a director of Soccernomics, a football consultancy that helps teams improve their performance.Spike grew up loving playing football and drawing pictures and has managed to combine both in his work as an illustrator. Based in North London with his family, some cats and an apiary full of honeybees, Spike has been supplying his 'spiky nosed' illustrations to a whole host of clients since graduating from Central Saint Martin’s. Spike's original and inventive world is peopled with a constantly evolving cast of characters and Heath Robinson-style machines.

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If your children like football, there's only one book they need. Emily Bearn The Daily Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Alex Bellos, Alex Lyttleton Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Lyttleton Ben
• Assisted by: Spike Gerrell (Illustration), Gerrell Spike (Illustration)
• Publisher: Walker Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.10.2023
• EAN: 9781529507584
• ISBN: 978-1-5295-0758-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Football School
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; Guides > Sport > Ball sport; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reference / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Soccer, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Football / soccer (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage reference: Subject-specific reference, Reference works (Children's / Teenage), Cartoons & comic strips (Children's / Teenage)