Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World
Hobbies, Quizzes & Games, Non-Fiction, Children's Hobbies & Interests, Activity & Reference, Children's, Children's Activity Books | Paperback Published on: 04/05/2017
£7.99
Synopsis
A groundbreaking new series from two bestselling writers that teaches you about the world through football.
The first book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads.
When do footballers poo?
Can you play football on Mars?
What is a magic sponge?
You will find the answers to these questions and more in chapters on subjects such as history, geography, biology and maths. Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons and filled with laugh-out-loud gags this is the perfect book for any boy or girl who loves football.
Your coaches at Football School, Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, are journalists, broadcasters and award-winning science and sports writers. Their knowledge, enthusiasm and engaging writing make them the perfect team to teach you how to score with your head.
A journalist, author and mathematician, Alex Bellos was, for a time, the Guardian’s South American correspondent during which time he wrote *[Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life](https://www.waterstones.com/book/futebol/alex-bellos/9781408854167)*. Since returning to the UK he’s concentrated on writing about maths and science, writing the bestselling popular science books *[Alex’s Adventures in Numberland](https://www.waterstones.com/book/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/alex-bellos/9781408809594), [Alex Through the Looking Glass](https://www.waterstones.com/book/alex-through-the-looking-glass/alex-bellos/9781408845721), [Can You Solve My Problems](https://www.waterstones.com/book/can-you-solve-my-problems/alex-bellos/9781783351152)* and the forthcoming *[Puzzle Ninja](https://www.waterstones.com/book/puzzle-ninja/alex-bellos/9781783351367)*. He is also the author of a football series for children, *Football School Season*.
Ben Lyttleton is a sport's journalist, broadcaster and author of *[Twelve Yards](https://www.waterstones.com/book/twelve-yards/ben-lyttleton/9780552169950)* and *[Edge: What Business Can Learn from Football](https://www.waterstones.com/book/edge/ben-lyttleton/9780008225872)*. He is also a consultant for Soccernomics
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9781406373400
- Number of pages: 208
- Weight: 204g
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm