Kicking a ball
By: Allan Ahlberg ; illustrated by Sebastien Braun
Contributors: Braun, Sebastien, artist
Publisher: Puffin; Puffin Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780723293354; 9780723271208; 9780723288275; 9780723288282
Subjects: Kicking (Football); Soccer stories; Juvenile fiction; Football; Fiction; Stories in rhyme; Soccer; Pictorial works
Description: For anyone who can't see a ball without wanting to kick it, head it, shoot it, or boot it! 'Not eating an ice-cream, Or riding a bike, No - kicking a ball, Is what I like.' 'What I like best, yes, most of all in my whole life is ... kicking a ball. A wonderful rhyming story to read aloud, Kicking A Ball will not disappoint fans of Allan Ahlberg. First written as a poem, the little boy in the story has been brought to life perfectly by artist Sebastien Braun. Every parent will be able to immediately relate to the simple joy felt by a boy simply kicking a ball, and how there is nothing else quite like it. The incomparable Allan Ahlberg takes us on a journey from childhood to fatherhood full of humour, warmth, friendship ... and football.
Notes: Originally published in Heard it in the Playground by Viking Kestrel 1989.