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Simon Mugford, Author
Dan Green, Illustrator
Series: Football Stories
Imprint: Welbeck Children's Books
Publication date: February 27, 2025
Category: Football / soccer (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781804538036
Get ready to meet Mbappé – one of the world’s greatest footballers!
With easy-to-understand text and fun full-colour art, this fully illustrated unofficial picture book is the ideal first read for little football fans. Kids will love the story, especially when they learn that Mbappé he was just a football-loving kid just like them.
It tells the story of Mbappe’s early years learning to play football in France, becoming the world’s most expensive teenage footballer, his victories at Paris Saint-Germain, and all the way to being picked to play for his country in the French national team. It’s perfect for any FIFA World Cup fans!
Simon once worked at the Science Museum in London, where he flew paper aeroplanes and made giant bubbles for children. Now he writes and edits books about things like dinosaurs, ice hockey, thunderstorms and llamas. He lives in Kent with his wife and daughter, a cat and two tortoises.
Dan Green has drawn silly pictures since he could hold a crayon. Then he grew up and started making books about stuff like trucks, space, people’s jobs, Doctor Who and Star Wars. Dan lives in Suffolk with his wife, son, daughter and dog that takes him for very long walks.