It would have been good to be at school this week. My Year Two boys loved Pele and reading about him. They were surprised that wasn't his real name and read to find out more about why he had the name Pele.
Ten years ago my Year 2 boys would read anything about soccer including stories, but those that I teach now are much more interested in the players than the game and many of them don't even play soccer on the weekend. When the World Cup is on we always do a display and get all the soccer books out, but this time it was so late in the year that borrowing was winding down and students wanted books about individual players such as Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo.
If you are looking to buy Pele biographies for your library these four are very popular with my young readers:
For the Love of Soccer by Pele & Frank Morrison
You could still display these books when school returns. I am sure the soccer players will be fascinated to read about this star of the game.
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