Ultimate Football Heroes 2025 – at a glance
The School Reading Lists’ five word review: non-fiction, football, sport, entertaining, annual.
Children’s book title: Ultimate Football Heroes 2025.
Childrens author: Matt & Tom Oldfield, Emily Stead, John Murray & Seth Burkett
Genre: Non fiction sport, football.
Published by: Dino Books.
ISBN: 9781789467529
Recommended for children aged: 7+ year-olds.
First published: Paperback September 2024.
This children’s book is ideal for: Football fans.
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Our review:
As the title suggests, this is the ultimate round-up of the UK football season, the Euros 2024, and all the best goals, games, and players.
Authors Matt & Tom Oldfield, Seth Burkett, John Murray and Emily Stead combine their expertise in football, travel, and children’s writing to create a one-stop guide for football fans.
This book masterfully blends an annual football almanac – packed with facts and entertaining reviews of the 2024 season—with quiz questions and thought-provoking challenges. Each section focuses on a different league, covering everything from the UK Championship to French Ligue 1, Spanish La Liga, Women’s Super League, and the Scottish Premiership. It also highlights the season’s standout players and managers.
Written in a clear and engaging style, this book is perfect even for the most reluctant readers. Each section is short but packed with fun facts and quotes from the ‘studs on the pitch’. Seth Burkett transports you straight to the action with commentary-style retellings of the season’s best goals, while Emily Stead brings you into the heart of the game with her chapters following the top teams’ fight for glory in the Women’s Super League.
2025 – Ultimate Football Heroes is a fast-paced, easy read that blends football statistics with witty commentary.
It will appeal to fans of Match of the Day and Netflix’s Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team.
Many thanks to Dino Books for the review copy.
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