As fútbol fans around the world tune in to watch the 2014 FIFA World Cup, we’re getting in the game with soccer stories for sports fans of all ages. Shop our special soccer sale with ebooks from $1.99 now through July 13.
The Berenstain Bears’ Soccer Star by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Brother Bear, who’s smaller than the other boys, struggles to find his niche . . . until he kicks a bucket, a can, a rock, and then discovers a sport where kicking is the most important skill of all.
Crazy About Soccer by Loris Lesynski
Rhythmic, funny verses capture the joys, thrills, and challenges of soccer, and reflect the game’s energy while offering sound suggestions for proper play.
Franklin Plays the Game by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark
Franklin can count forwards and backwards. He can zip zippers and button buttons. He can slide down a riverbank by himself. He can even sleep alone in his small, dark shell. And he’s trying very hard to be the best player on his soccer team.
The Soccer Mystery by Gertrude C. Warner
The Boxcar children are playing in a soccer league when mysterious things start happening.
Go for the Goal! by Fred Bowen
Josh and his talented travel league soccer teammates are having trouble working together—until he convinces them to try team-building exercises.
Soccer Team Upset by Fred Bowen
Tyler is angry when his best friend Zack, their team’s hotshot midfielder, leaves to play for the Panthers, an elite travel team. Tyler blames Zack when the Cougars lose their season opener, but it’s clear his team needs a new attitude—and a lot more practice.
Bafana Bafana by Troy Blacklaws
One boy’s journey to see his favorite soccer player in action becomes an uplifting song to the South African spirit.
His Enemy, His Friend by John R. Tunis
When a German war criminal–turned–soccer star comes to play a match in post-war France, old wounds are reopened.
Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan’s Soul
This collection of Chicken Soup honors all that is good in the world of sports. Readers will come to see sports as one of our most important and powerful teachers. They can teach us to focus and stay the course, or to develop a new strategy and rededicate ourselves to a goal.
More Than a Team by Vicenç Villatoro
The modern-day odyssey of a father and son who are held together by a single thread: Football Club Barcelona.