Pele
Bill Gutman
Hardcover
(Grosset & Dunlap, March 15, 1976)
Every young sports fan will enjoy this easy-to-read biography of Pele - the undisputed, international King of Soccer. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, or Pele, the son of a soccer player, was born in a Brazilian village called Tres Coracoes, or "Three Hearts." As a boy, he made his first soccer ball out of a tangled knot of rags, and played his first game of soccer barefoot.