Madani's Best Game by Pintadera, Fran

Madani's Best Game (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780802855978)

Vendor: Fran Pintadera
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Madani's Best Game by Pintadera, Fran

Madani's Best Game

$17.99
Madani's Best Game by Pintadera, Fran

Madani's Best Game

$17.99
Format: Hardcover
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A heartfelt book featuring a neighborhood soccer team and its determined young star, who has a secret plan even more impressive than his bicycle kicks.

No one plays soccer like Madani. When the ball lands on his bare feet, the whole town stops to watch. Even Madani's mother--still sewing the day's work at home--can hear the crowds cheer when he scores. His teammates wonder what their best player could do, if he only had a proper pair of cleats. As Madani saves up money, bit by bit, his team's rivalry match approaches. Maybe he'll have new cleats in time for the big day! Or maybe Madani has a different goal in mind...

Told with gentle humor and lively illustrations, Madani's Best Game is a refreshing story about the joys of sports, teamwork, and family.

Author: Fran Pintadera
ISBN-10: 0802855970
ISBN-13: 9780802855978
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 10.53h x 7.67w x 0.32d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2022
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2022 pg. 67
Booklist 09/15/2022 pg. 58
School Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 78
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2022 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
By Fran Pintadera
By Fran Pintadera
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Fran Pintadera is a storyteller, theater director, and the author of over a dozen children's books. Why Do We Cry? (Kids Can) received a Parents' Choice Gold Award and was selected as a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year. Madani's Best Game is based on Fran's time as a social educator in new immigrant housing, where he often played pick-up soccer with a boy named Madani and his friends. Fran lives in Spain. Follow him on Instagram @franpintadera.

Raquel Catalina is a Spanish artist and illustrator whose books include Benji's Blanket (Green Bean). She studied fine arts in Madrid, then earned a postgraduate degree in illustration in Valencia. In 2021, the original version of Madani's Best Game was selected as a NYPL Best Spanish-Language Book for Kids. Follow Raquel on Instagram at @raquelcatalinaillustration.

Lawrence Schimel is an author, anthologist, and translator of many books in both Spanish and English, including Early One Morning (Orca), Nis, and One Million Oysters on Top of the Mountain (both Eerdmans). His works have received many awards, including the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, a PEN Translates Award, and the GLIL Translated YA Book Prize Honor. Lawrence lives in Madrid, Spain. Follow him on Twitter @lawrenceschimel.

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