Tiny Timmy: Soccer Superstar! by
Tim Cahill (Scholastic Australia)
PB
RRP $12.99
ISBN
978-1-76015-888-0
Reviewed
by Jenny Heslop
Tiny Timmy has big dreams. He wants to
play soccer. He wants to play in the school team. And he wants to become the
captain and a super star. But after try-outs he finds he is given the position
of orange boy. Coach tells him that if he practices hard he will make the team
when he is bigger. So Timmy - with support from his best friend and brothers,
and hindrance from Hacker and Studs – attempts in hilarious ways to grow. He
becomes faster, stronger and more skillful, but not taller. Will he be able
catch the coach’s eye and prove he is good enough for the team when he remains
so short?
Written for beginner readers in early
primary school, Tiny Timmy is a new
series to encourage new readers and increase their enjoyment of reading. Large,
easy font, short chapters, loads of sketches and humour make this easy.
Although very male-orientated (there are
girls on the soccer team but all the main characters and siblings are male)
sporty girls will be engaged by this story as well. The themes of persistence,
practice and hard work are universal ones.
Written by a Socceroos' legend, this is a
good book for soccer mad kids who dream superstardom.
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