Young Pele: Soccer's First Star
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375935992 (0375935991)
Publish date: September 25th 2007
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Shares Edson do Nascimento's soccer filled childhood, from age 8 to about 12. Talks about how he took on the nickname Pele, was consumed with soccer, and how his first soccer team played without shoes. Author's note fills in the remaining details. Oil paint illustrations are wonderfully done, giving...