Kicking a Ball
Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
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.
PUBLICATION JUNE 2014
Product Information
Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber's mate and grave digger, is in the super-league of children's writers. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He has also written prize-winning poetry and fiction and lives in Bath.
Sebastian is French and studied fine and applied arts at Strasbourg University before becoming a freelance illustrator. He moved to London in 2000 and has since worked exclusively on children's picture books.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Puffin
- : 0.215
- : May 2014
- : 275mm X 250mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Allan Ahlberg
- : Paperback
- : Sebastien Braun
- : 823.914
- : 32
- : chiefly illustrations (colour)