The Funny Life of Football - WINNER of The Sunday Times Children’s Sports Book of the Year 2023

(Author) James Campbell
Format: Paperback
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*WINNER of the Sunday Times Children's Sports Book Prize 2023 * SHORTLISTED for Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2024: Non-Fiction * "Every page is guaranteed to grab the imagination and it's the perfect thing for dipping into at half time." Love Reading 4 Kids A hilarious fact and fiction hybrid from bestselling author and stand-up comic James Campbell, who has visited over 3,000 primary schools to tell stories and encourage children to write their own. Want to know why OCTOPUSES can't play football? And how to play the game across multiple DIMENSIONS? How about learning the REAL RULES of how football is played, why Henry VIII banned it, plus where it came from and who the greatest players of ALL TIME are? Whether you love a game of TABLE FOOTBALL, can't get enough of BACK-GARDEN BALL, only enjoy the game from your SOFA or would sooner swim with sharks than play it, if you LOVE to LAUGH - then this is the book for you! But be warned - this is NOT a normal book. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways and in approximately 861,000 different ways in between. From comedian extraordinaire James Campbell, get ready to laugh your BUTT off to a silly book filled with funny stories, partly-true facts and hilarious pictures that will make you think twice about the game everyone thinks they know so well.

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Publisher:
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
121
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781526627995
Publish year:
2022
Publish date:
Aug. 18, 2022

James Campbell

James Campbell was a prolific American author known for his groundbreaking novel "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." His writing style is characterized by vivid descriptions and complex characters. Campbell's work blends elements of true crime and Southern Gothic, making him a notable figure in contemporary literature.

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