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Product Identifiers

PublisherWorkman Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-101523511362

ISBN-139781523511365

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038383421

Product Key Features

Book TitlePlay like a Girl : Life Lessons from the Soccer Field

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicSports & Recreation / Soccer, General, Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Girls & Women

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Photography

AuthorKate T. Parker

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Reviews"Kate T. Parker, the photographer behind Strong Is The New Pretty, creates another inspiring photo book... Packed with confident, resilient, and proud girls and women, this book will encourage and empower both children and adults!" - A Mighty Girl

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromThird Grade

Dewey Decimal779.24092

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

SynopsisA collection of black-and-white and color images of girls' and women soccer players, across a broad spectrum of age and skill from those just learning to kick a ball to the athletes who represented the United States on the 2019 World Cup championship team--from the New York Time s bestselling author of The Heart of a Boy and Strong Is the New Pretty . Chapters are organized around life lessons derived from the game of soccer and include quotations from each of the subjects photographed., Life lessons from the soccer field, from the bestselling author of Strong is the New Pretty . A bruised shin, a bloody nose. Racing across the field into the arms of your teammates. Leaping high to save a goal. Getting up at dawn to kick ball after ball into the net. Making friends for life. Teaching your younger sister how to dribble. Sharing cupcakes at practice on your birthday. Going to sleep in your jersey. That's what it means to be fearless, dedicated, confident, resilient, proud, persistent. It doesn't matter whether you're 3 or 63--that's what it means to play like a girl. "Kate T. Parker is my hero. She moves me. The whole world she has created moves me."--Drew Barrymore, Life lessons from the soccer field, from the bestselling author of Strong is the New Pretty. A bruised shin, a bloody nose. Racing across the field into the arms of your teammates. Leaping high to save a goal. Getting up at dawn to kick ball after ball into the net. Making friends for life. Teaching your younger sister how to dribble. Sharing cupcakes at practice on your birthday. Going to sleep in your jersey. That s what it means to be fearless, dedicated, confident, resilient, proud, persistent. It doesn t matter whether you re 3 or 63 that s what it means to play like a girl. Kate T. Parker is my hero. She moves me. The whole world she has created moves me. Drew Barrymore

LC Classification NumberTR681.G5