Goal!

by Sean Taylor

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"Where there's a ball . . . there will always be someone who wants to play soccer. Whether in Tanzania or Togo, Burma or Brazil, children love soccer. GOAL! celebrates the sport's power to bridge cultural divides and bring together the many and diverse people of the world. Filled with fun facts and striking photos, this book is a poetic snapshot of soccer around the globe, available just in time for the 2014 World Cup!"--… (more)

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Soccer is a universal language. Informational text combined with large, vivid photographs of children playing soccer around the world helps readers understand how this sport bridges continents.

NCSS | Jul 23, 2021 |

A look at the global love for soccer, or football as the rest of the world calls it. Appealing illustrated with color photographs of children at play in countries all over the world. (

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Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee – Nonfiction – 2018)

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The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine – 2015)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2015)

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"Where there's a ball . . . there will always be someone who wants to play soccer. Whether in Tanzania or Togo, Burma or Brazil, children love soccer. GOAL! celebrates the sport's power to bridge cultural divides and bring together the many and diverse people of the world. Filled with fun facts and striking photos, this book is a poetic snapshot of soccer around the globe, available just in time for the 2014 World Cup!"--

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