Overview

The epic game begins! That night, as agreed, the twochildren ask the moon: ""Please letour snowpals play soccer.""Then each child adds a secret wishupon the stars: ""I wish that mysnowpal wins the soccer match!"" After the storm and after the children build snowmen comes a whimsical tale. In the light of moon and stars, the snowpals come to life to play an epic game of soccer. A story of joy and the delight of play for all children. A primer in sportsmanship in English and French, this analogue book, illustrated with stitch and seam, harkens back to an era before the uniformity of computer generated illustrations.

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9781960803412

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""Lisa Maria Burgess has created a gentle story of comradery and childlike goodwill. Her verse wraps itself around the reader with the same comforting pleasure found in the applique illustrations."" –Leo Daly, author and illustrator, The Giant and the Olive

Author Information

Lisa Maria Burgesshand-stitches textile art to illustrate her bilingual books for children. While her first language is English, she speaks Spanish and French with fluency, and enjoys learning the basics of any language she has the pleasure of meeting. Lisa currently divides her time between the United States and Benin, grew up in Mexico, and has lived around the world as a United Nations spouse. She holds a doctorate in English from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a wife and mother.

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