The Horn Book Guide

SPORTS

Pelé,

For the Love of Soccer!

32 pp. | Hyperion | May, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4231-1538-0 $16.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Frank Morrison. Celebrating his "love of the game," Pelé's brief, first-person text occasionally slides into didacticism ("Being a good sport is what really counts"). Throughout Morrison's lively illustrations, left-hand pages with sepia-toned backgrounds track Pelé from childhood to superstardom, while right-hand pages show a young boy learning the sport in a modern city. A brief biography of the Brazilian soccer phenom is included.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger