This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It was recognised by the Bluebonnet Award. It also was recognised in the Picture Book - Older Reader category by the California Young Reader Medal. It was recognised in the Primary School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2010 by Candlewick Press, U. S. .

Mina Javaherbin is the author of Goal!, illustrated by A. G. Ford. She was born in Iran and immigrated to the United States, where she is a practising architect. She lives in the USA, in Southern California. Renato Alarcao has illustrated many children's books. He lives in Brazil.