"Soccer Stars: 40 Inspiring Icons" by Jean-Michel Billioud showcases the remarkable journeys of 40 legendary soccer players from around the world. This captivating collection highlights the triumphs and challenges faced by these athletes, illustrating how determination, skill, and passion have propelled them to greatness on the global stage. Featuring iconic figures like Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Mia Hamm, the book delves into their childhoods, career milestones, and the impact they've had on the sport and society. It's an inspiring celebration of the beautiful game and those who have shaped its history, encouraging young readers to pursue their dreams within and beyond soccer. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called 40 Inspiring Icons .

This book is aimed at children at US 2nd grade-5th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 88 pages in this book. This book was published in 2018 by Wide Eyed Editions .

Jean-Michel Billioud studied at the Institut Francais de Presse and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. He has since published a hundred non-fiction books on various themes with two obsessions: explaining things as simply as possible and rescuing from oblivion what times wants to erase. He lives in France. Almasty is a creative agency specialising in art direction, editorial design, animation, illustration and yeti sightings. Their clients include Usbek and Rica magazine, EDF and Arte . Almasty is based in Paris.