This Is Soccer

by Margaret Blackstone, John O'Brien (Illustrator)

From juggling and dribbling to shooting and saving, this action-packed introduction to soccer covers the ups and downs of a field game as two coed youth teams go head-to-head. Young children get a firsthand look at this popular sport as players run and tumble, dribble and pass, and shoot and score throughout the game.

Margaret Blackstone's bouncy verse and John O' Brien's humorous illustrations make learning about soccer as much fun as scoring the winning goal.

Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Ryan Treaster · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is valuable to students who are interested in the game of soccer. It goes on to teach everything about soccer and the different things involved. Great book for children interested in the game.

Reading Level- Early
Curricular Uses-Independent reading
Social issues- allows students to learn about the game of soccer.
Literary elements- pictures support text great

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

The eyes for the kids were creepy, the author did not think globally and discuss futbol and a lot of the illustrations looked the same on each page even though the words were describing many different aspects/rules about soccer. I hope there are better children's books out there that give them an understanding as well as an interest in soccer compared to this one.

[Thomas Yingling · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book explains soccer one sentence at a time. Could be a good book to read before going to gym or recess.

[Julia Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book tells all about the game of soccer. I think this would be appropriate to read during a lesson to tie something educational to the game of soccer.