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Bloomsbury presents The Funny Life of Football WINNER of The Sunday Times Childrens Sports Book of the Year 2023 written and read by James Campbell

WINNER of the Sunday Times Childrens Sports Book Prize 2023

Every page is guaranteed to grab the imagination and its the perfect thing for dipping into at half time Love Reading 4 Kids

A hilarious fact and fiction hybrid from bestselling author and standup comic James Campbell who has visited over 3000 primary schools to tell stories and encourage children to write their own

Want to know why OCTOPUSES cant play football And how to play the game across multiple DIMENSIONS How about learning the REAL RULES of how football is played why Henry VIII banned it plus where it came from and who the greatest players of ALL TIME are

Whether you love a game of TABLE FOOTBALL cant get enough of BACKGARDEN BALL only enjoy the game from your SOFA or would sooner swim with sharks than play it if you LOVE to LAUGH then this is the book for you

But be warned this is NOT a normal book You can read it forwards backwards sideways and in approximately 861000 different ways in between From comedian extraordinaire James Campbell get ready to laugh your BUTT off to a silly book filled with funny stories and partlytrue facts that will make you think twice about the game everyone thinks they know so well