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Inspirational Soccer GOATs Stories, Weird Facts & Trivia Games: A Motivational Gift Book for Kids and Teens to Learn Resilience and a Winning Mindset (Large Print Edition)
Paperback
Series: Sports Books for Young Readers
BiographyGamesSports & Recreation
Publisher: Learnoria Publishing
Published: Jul 26 2026
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Every Legend Was Once Just a Kid With a Ball. Show Your Young Player How It Starts.
Long before the trophies and millions of fans, they were simply boys with a dream. Some were told they were too small. Others grew up with little money. But they overcame life's challenges and rose to greatness. This book brings their true and inspiring journeys to life.
Inside you'll find:
- Inspiring Stories: Meet the players who reshaped the game. Discover how Cristiano Ronaldo left home at just 12 years old to pursue his dream at a soccer academy, and how Lamine Yamal became one of the youngest players ever to step onto the professional stage. Haaland, Messi, Christian Pulisic, and more incredible stories of struggle, belief, and breakthrough.
- Amazing Facts: Did you know that yellow and red cards were invented after a referee stopped at a traffic light? Or that people in ancient China were playing an early form of soccer 2,000 years ago? There are plenty more surprising facts like these to discover inside!
- Brain Games: True or False rounds, tricky referee calls, real soccer math, a match-the-star-to-their-country puzzle, and a hidden secret word to unlock. Built to make the facts stick.
Why this one is different:
Most sports books for kids read like homework. This one reads like a story, filled with real-life setbacks, tension, and cliffhangers that pull readers into the next chapter. Written at an easy reading level, so young fans can finish it on their own and feel proud they did.
Tap Look Inside or hit Buy Now and hand your young player the book they'll actually read.
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