¿Quién fue Pelé? by James Buckley - ISBN: 9780593752944
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From poverty to legend: The story of the king of soccer.

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    112 pages

  • Release Date

    9 July 2024

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Summary

His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the world, he is known as Pele. The now-retired professional soccer forward stunned Brazil when he began playing for the Santos soccer club at age fifteen. He then went on to captivate the world when he joined his country’s national soccer team and helped them win three World Cup championships. Although he’s hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments in soccer, Pele has been an influential person both on and…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593752944
ISBN-10:0593752945
Author:James Buckley, Andrew Thomson, Yanitzia Canetti, Who HQ
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:9 July 2024
Weight:119g
Dimensions:194mm x 135mm x 6mm
Series:¿Quién fue?
About The Author

James Buckley

James Buckley Jr. has written more than 50 books for kids, including Who Was Roberto Clemente?

Yanitzia Canetti is a Cuban-American writer, translator, and teacher. She has published more than 500 books, especially children’s literature. Her works have been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Chinese, among other languages. In turn, she has translated more than 200 books into Spanish from other authors, such as the Dr. Seuss series, Curious George, Amelia Bedelia, among others. She has received numerous awards and recognitions in the fields of literature and education- in 2011, she was chosen as one of the 25 most influential women in the Hispanic world by People en espanol magazine. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her children Ares and Eros.

Andrew Thomson is an illustrator and artist, currently living and working near Guildford in the south of England. He studied illustration in Preston and graduated in 2010, and has been exchanging pictures for money ever since.

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