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  • Published: 1 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780723288275
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 32

Kicking a Ball





A brand new picture book from the author of 'Burglar Bill' and 'The Jolly Postman', with narration by the author.

For anyone who can't see a ball without wanting to kick it, head it, shoot it, or boot it!

'Not eating an ice-cream
Or riding a bike
No - kicking a ball
Is what I like.'

'What I like best, yes, most of all
in my whole life is . . . kicking a ball.

A wonderful rhyming story to read aloud, Kicking A Ball will not disappoint fans of Allan Ahlberg. First written as a poem, the little boy in the story has been brought to life perfectly by artist Sebastien Braun. Every parent will be able to immediately relate to the simple joy felt by a boy simply kicking a ball, and how there is nothing else quite like it.

The incomparable Allan Ahlberg takes us on a journey from childhood to fatherhood full of humour, warmth, friendship . . . and football.

  • Published: 1 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780723288275
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 32

About the authors

Sebastien Braun

French Illustrator Sebastien Braun studied fine and applied arts at Strasbourg University. He then taught applied arts before becoming a freelance illustrator, first of all for editorial clients in Paris. When Sebastien moved to London in 2000 he developed his illustrations for children and since then has been working exclusively on children’s picture books. Sebastien’s clients include: Egmont, Nosy Crow, Simon & Schuster, Little Tiger Press, Harper Collins US, Scholastic and many more.