Tales From The Pitch Complete Pack

Series: Tales From the Pitch
Interest Age: 7 to adult
Reading Age: 9 - 10
Published: 13 September 2020
AR Book Level: MY 5.8 - 6.4
Book Band: Dark Blue
Lexile Level: 875 - 925
Pages: 120pp
Words: Non-Fiction
Dyslexia Friendly
Pack (format)
ISBN: 9781785919824

Availability: In stock

£151.00

Description

This pack of 24 books contains fictionalised biographies of fantastic young football players.

Ransom's Tales from the Pitch series, is great for encouraging even the most reluctant reader. These books offer strong stories and lots of football.

Each of these fast-moving reads, focuses on one up-and-coming football superstar, players who are often still to reach the summit of their career. From Virgil van Dijk to Raheem Sterling, these biographies cover the full range of football both in Europe and beyond. The players are from all walks of life and have faced failure, injury and rejection, to ultimately make their dreams come true.

So meet the fresh young talent behind the iconic tackles and goals and find out what makes each of these players so special.

Titles in the pack are:

  • Van Dijk
  • Sterling
  • Mbappe
  • Lewandowski
  • Gnabry
  • Kante
  • Rashford
  • Felix
  • Sancho
  • Son
  • Kane
  • Mahrez
  • Silva
  • Saka
  • Haaland
  • Ronaldo
  • Messi
  • Salah
  • Pulisic
  • Neymar
  • Kelly
  • Guardiola
  • Southgate
  • Klopp

  • Reviews

    "Really well written, with a nice balance of factual writing and engaging story-telling to bring Marcus’ early career to life. There is inspiration by the bucketload and a real insight into how a young child with a dream turns their dream into a reality! We will definitely be coming back for more from this series!” - Father Reading Blog


    “I’d go as far as saying these books have the potential to ignite a child’s love of reading” - SEN Resources Blog


    “A set of 120-page chapter books that will have children developing a reading habit in no time” - ACHUKA


    “[Van Dijk is] A fun and engaging book for parents to read with their football-mad kids" - The Redmen TV


    "[Sterling is] A simple, easy to read and entertaining overview of the Manchester City and England forwards career so far - a great idea to introduce reading to those who love football” - Man City Fan TV


    “A great gateway to storytelling for those who are reluctant to read for pleasure” - Parrot Street Book Club


    “Read and enjoy. Read and learn [...] Inspire your own journey to greatness” - Armadillo Magazine


    “My boys loved that the books were filled with events and insights which unleshed out their footballing heroes into real people with real lives... A great new series with short, digestible chapter to tempt readers to try something different” - Library Girl and Book Boy


    “[Gnabry] was really exciting to read. It taught me that you have to work hard to reach your dreams and not give up when things are difficult” - Book Boy, 10


    “Took them into the class to see pure delight on the children’s faces followed by ‘ooohs’ ‘aaahs’ & sharp intakes of breath!” - Mr G @deputygrocott


    “A great way to encourage your child to read by reliving the drama of exciting matches and getting to know current players” - The School Run