Young Pele
Soccer's First Star

I will happily read and share any of the wonderful picture book biographies produced by this wife and husband author/illustrator team. This book introduces us to Pelé as a young boy just getting started with a soccer team. His ball is made of sock and string. His team plays without shoes. Yet Pelé c......more

A very touching picture book about the Young Pele. Pele lived a life in poverty in Brazil and he was the type of kid who loved sports, not book learning. His schooling amounted to a type of torture in which he suffered constant punishments for not paying attention before finally fleeing school and r......more

Pelé is one of the best sportsperson ever lived...on par with Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, et al. His story of rags to riches is not uncommon among Brazilian football players, but there is a lot to admire in his sole lifelong dedication to football. The only thing this book is lacking is t......more

This book is about the childhood of famous soccer player Pele. This book focuses on Pele's young life as a soccer player in the fields of Brazil and how he dreamed of one day becoming the best Soccer player in Brazil. This is another book that I would use as a reading motivator for those kids that s......more

This is a story about Edson do Nascimento's, a poor Brazilian boy who only dreamt about soccer. It was on his mind regardless of where he was or what he was doing. This well-done picture book is about the journey of how soccer changed his childhood and how he adopted his nickname, Pele. I personally......more