The Horn Book Guide

SPORTS

Gifford, Clive

The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia

144 pp. | Kingfisher/Macmillan | May, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7534-6397-0 $19.99
New ed. (2006)

(3) 4-6 This newly revised, wide-ranging resource covers the sport's history, basic rules, tactics and strategies, major professional teams and players, famous games, and the difficulties and rewards of being a professional soccer player. Each chapter opens with a double-page-spread photo and a short description of a famous feat (or defeat). Loads of other action-packed photos and "fact file" boxes break up the text. Reading list, websites. Glos., Ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman