Soccer School Season 1: Where Soccer Explains (Rules) the World by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Spike Gerrell
Published by Walker Books US on September 18th 2018
ISBN: 1536204358
Pages: 208
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The first in a new series, Soccer School: Where Soccer Rules the World was a fun and somewhat educational read.  So many facts, historical tidbits of information and fun illustrations dotted this first book that readers will want to progress to the second title in the series.  The composition of this fist book is well done, making a good impression on all soccer loving readers. Informational boxes like stats and facts dot the text providing a professional viewpoint to an early reader illustrated text.   The illustrations are silly while the cartoon blocks find just the correct tone relating to the text.

Readers will enjoy the presentation and might just like to answer the quiz questions at the end of each chapter.   Having the answers is a nice tough as all of the information is not found in the text.   Add this to intermediate media centers and consider for public libraries where soccer within the community is a primary sport.  Younger students will enjoy the illustrations.

Reviewed by Jan Hamilton, retired youth services librarian in Scarborough, ME