Children’s Sports Book of the Year
About The Award
The Sports Book Awards Children’s Sports Book of the Year encompassed a broad range of excellent Children’s titles. Our judging panels face the daunting task of comparing picture books with YA titles, fiction with factual, but the judging criteria ensures the winning book encourages a love of reading through sports & physical activity, using sports & sporting stories to inspire it’s young readers. Â
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Children's Sports Book of the year, in association with the national literacy trust Shortlist 2021_
Children's Sports Book of the year Winner 2020_
Unbelievable Football
By Matt Oldfield
Do you think you know everything there is to know about football?
Discover the most incredible, sometimes ridiculous, and always completely unbelievable football stories you never knew. From bestselling author Matt Oldfield, this is Unbelievable Football – true tales from the world’s favourite game where there’s everything to play for and anything can happen.
