This lyrical non-fiction picture book celebrates the simple joys of football, whatever your background or ability. Rather than focusing on rules, skills, superstars, big clubs and record-breaking feats, this uplifting book for young children celebrates the planet's best-loved sport and shows how the world's most accessible game - where the only equipment needed is something that rolls - has evolved into a force for unity, and a sport for absolutely everyone. Spreads cover how football can be played by all ages, genders, and abilities, whatever your racial, cultural or economic background, and whether you're in a state-of-the-art stadium or just a simple patch of scrubland.

Let's Play Football! celebrates diversity and champions equality on and off the football pitch.

About the Author
Ben Lerwill (Author)
Ben Lerwill lives with his family in Oxford and is an experienced children's author and award-winning travel writer with publications and articles for publishers, websites, newspapers and magazines, including Rough Guides and National Geographic Traveller.

Marina Ruiz (Illustrator)
After studying Fine Arts in Madrid and working as a freelance illustrator for some time, Marina moved to the UK. She studied at the Cambridge School of Art and graduated with a Distinction in an MA in Children's Book Illustration. Marina takes inspiration from the little moments that happen in everyday life and loves creating small narratives around them. She enjoys working with lyrical, more abstract narratives, combining images and text to express personal thoughts and emotions.



Reviews
'Lerwill and Ruiz's ode to the Beautiful Game offers a portrait of the sport as one that unites ... The picture that emerges of soccer's universality sings as it inspires' * Publishers Weekly *



Book Information
ISBN 9781803380384
Author Ben Lerwill
Format Paperback
Page Count 32
Imprint Welbeck Children's Books
Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Weight(grams) 189g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 248mm * 6mm