Books with title Football Stories

"Don was up early the next morning. He was too excited to sleep for long. He ran to the field where the match would soon be played. Don imagined crowds of people arriving and standing around the pitch. In his mind he could hear them cheering as he ran with the ball towards the goal. Where would the television cameras be? Would they have one high up to cover the whole field? And another for a close-up, as he scored?"Don's holiday in France is rather dull until he comes across others of his own age who enjoy playing football as much as he does. Things start to improve one afternoon as he kicks a ball around in a French neighbour's garden. During the following days, Don meets youngsters from Holland and Germany and other parts of the world - summer visitors like himself on holiday in France. Before a week is over, Don manages to arrange a match for all his new friends, a proper match with team colours, and older relatives as spectators, and a television crew filming the game for the early evening news.This is also a story about hopes and disappointments. Don begins to notice the ups and downs of other people's lives, as well as his own, and to understand how to deal with others and to learn from them. He discovers too that the most unlikely people can make a valuable contribution when they become members of a team.

Sam's Football Stories are specially written to stimulate and motivate your slower learners and reluctant readers. Written by Sheila Blackburn, an experienced primary school teacher, the books will appeal particularly to reluctant boy readers. The six compelling stories in Set A, tell the story of Sam, a football crazy boy. Let your pupils follow this dream come true for Sam and his friends. Join in the fun and excitement as they begin training, pick a team, join a league and enter a tournament. To extend the stories further, use Sam's Football Stories - Your Chance to Score!, a photocopiable teacher resource linked to the stories in Set A.

Sam's Football Stories are specially written to stimulate and motivate your slower learners and reluctant readers. Written by Sheila Blackburn, an experienced primary school teacher, the books will appeal particularly to reluctant boy readers. The six compelling stories in Set B continue the story of Sam, the football crazy boy, started in Set A. Let your pupils follow this dream come true for Sam and his friends. Join in the fun and excitement as they begin training, pick a team, join a league and enter a tournament. Provide stimulation and motivation especially for boys who are slower learners or reluctant readers Gripping story lines make children want to read the next book Compatible with the Primary Literacy Strategy category of everyday stories Designed to look like books more able children are reading with attractive covers and black and white illustrations inside Vocabulary and sentence structure carefully controlled for easy reading Number of words per book increases as you progress through the series Clear font and print style To extend the stories further, use Sam's Football Stories - Are You on the Ball?, a photocopiable teacher resource linked to the stories in Set B.