Play Big

A Soccer Story

Olivia Stanfield, Rebeca Prado

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English

Kids Bluff Books
24 February 2025

Poetry (Children's&YA); General fiction (Children's&YA); Sporting stories (Children's&YA); Football & soccer (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues

Theo loves everything about soccer but he never gets the ball. Sometimes he thinks it's because he's just too small.

Coach tries to cheer him up with the tale of a famous player who was not exactly tall.

But with lots of hard work and dedication, he was able to bring home the biggest Cup of all!

This delightful rhyming tale inside a story is sure to captivate soccer fans of all ages.

Join Theo as he learns about the importance of never giving up and gets to relive the excitement of winning the sport's biggest prize! Can you and your young reader guess who this soccer star might be? Jump into Play Big and get inspired by none other than Argentina's favorite Flea.

By: Olivia Stanfield
Illustrated by: Rebeca Prado
Imprint: Kids Bluff Books
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 145g
ISBN: 9781965063095
ISBN 10: 1965063098
Pages: 38
Publication Date: 24 February 2025
Recommended Age: From 4 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Olivia is an author of several childrens books and is also a soccer mom to an aspiring star. She hails from rural Northern Virginia but has been rooting for the Argentina since the 2002 World Cup. She hopes that Rebeca Prado's beautiful artwork and the uplifting message in Play Big reaches young soccer players everywhere and inspires them to dream and to play big, just like Theo or even Leo. Rebeca Prado is a Brazilian illustrator, screenwriter, who loves soccer and supports Cruzeiro, a team from her hometown Belo Horizonte. She is passionate about telling stories and graduated in Animation Cinema just to go around telling stories. She has published several books and illustrated many children's books. In 2019, she received the Ângelo Agostini award in the ""best fanzine"" category for the publication ""Credo (what a delight)"". She currently works as a freelance illustrator, screenwriter and editor in publishing and advertising agencies, in addition to her personal creative projects.