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Soccer-as it is played in different countries around the globe-comes to life in this gorgeously photographed nonfiction picture book, Goal!
Where there's a ball... there will always be someone who wants to play soccer. Whether in Tanzania or Togo, Burma or Brazil, children love soccer. GOAL! celebrates the sport's power to bridge cultural divides and bring together the many and diverse people of the world.
Filled with fun facts and striking photos, this book is a poetic snapshot of soccer around the globe.
Where there's a ball... there will always be someone who wants to play soccer. Whether in Tanzania or Togo, Burma or Brazil, children love soccer. GOAL! celebrates the sport's power to bridge cultural divides and bring together the many and diverse people of the world.
Filled with fun facts and striking photos, this book is a poetic snapshot of soccer around the globe.
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"Language and cultural barriers may exist, but soccer - aka football - has become a common denominator among nations around the world. This attractive book sets out to demonstrate how the sport engages kids, rich or poor, with or without shoes."
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"It's all about the pictures in this photographic global tour of kids playing soccer . . . Great photos, and good stories are all young soccer fans will really need."
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