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Jackson LOVES football. He plays it. He watches it. He eats it. He sleeps it!Jackson lives and breathes football - he knows all the players, the fixtures, the scores. Then, one grey stormy day, Jackson kicks his ball, and it goes up ... and up ... and UP! All the way to the moon! Overnight, Jackson becomes an international footballing sensation, and before you know it, he's kicked ALL of the Earth's footballs into space. The moon-folk - the aliens! - don't know the rules of the game, but they become football mad all the same. It's up to Jackson to bring football home...
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Michelle Robinson previously wrote copy for some of the world's biggest brands. Her picture books include Tooth Fairy in Training and Witch in Training, illustrated by Briony May Smith, The Pawed Piper, illustrated by Chinlun Lee, Isabelle and the Crooks and Planet Football, both illustrated by Chris Mould, and There’s a Lion in My Cornflakes, illustrated by Jim Field. Michelle lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband, son and daughter. Find Michelle online at michellerobinson.co.uk and on Instagram as @MicheRobinson.Chris Mould is an award-winning author and illustrator from Yorkshire. He studied Interior Design at Batley & Dewsbury Art College, then Graphic Design & Illustration at Leeds Polytechnic. A sublime draftsman with a penchant for the gothic, he has illustrated everything from picture books and young fiction, to theatre posters and satirical cartoons for national newspapers. His stunning reimagining of Ted Hughes’ The Iron Man was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted by Foyles’ for Book of the Year 2019. Chris lives in West Yorkshire. Follow him on Instagram at @chrismouldink.
