It's a Numbers Game: Soccer
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It's a Numbers Game: Soccer by National Geographic Kids
Whether you call it soccer or football, the beautiful game wouldn't be the popular game it is without numbers. From the clock counting up the seconds to positioning your feet at the right angle for the perfect dribble, this book reveals the ways digits and math are part of the game. Read about soccer greats from all over the world racking up points, championships, and even Olympic medals. Learn how goalies use geometry to guard the net and check out cool graphics that show the probability that a goalie will be able to stop a penalty kick. Soccer fans everywhere will get a kick out of this number-focused look at the game, jam-packed with sports trivia, awesome photos, and fun activities at the end of every chapter.JR. JAMES BUCKLEY is the author of almost 100 children's books about basketball, baseball, football, soccer, and other sports. He is the author of the top-selling annual Scholastic Year in Sports, as well as a former editor at Sports Illustrated and NFL Publishing. He's written a dozen non-sports volumes for the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series. Buckley is the founder and CEO of the Shoreline Publishing Group, a renowned publisher of nonfiction for children, based in Santa Barbara.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781426339233 |
| ISBN 10 | 1426339232 |
| Title | It's a Numbers Game: Soccer |
| Author | National Geographic Kids |
| Series | It's A Numbers Game |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | National Geographic Kids |
| Year published | 2020-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |