Books by Alex Bellos
Alex Bellos is the author of the maths colouring book Snowflake Seashell Star, as well as the bestsellers Alex’s Adventures in Numberland and Alex Through the Looking Glass.
“In this book, you have different lessons, like a geography one where you talk about Brazil football. Then there’s a computer science one where you talk about what players do off the pitch on computers and how ratings work. In history, you learn about the history of football.” Read more...
Best Football Books for 11 Year Olds
Alexander, Children
“It’s a magical, magical book. I didn’t have much interest in Brazil as a country. I know that it’s there and I know about its football, but this book tells the story of the whole country by telling the story of its football.” Read more...
The best books on World Football
Steve Bloomfield, Journalist
Interviews with Alex Bellos
The best books on Maths, recommended by Alex Bellos
The author of Alex’s Adventures in Numberland tells us about popular attempts to explain the history of counting and numbers. He chooses the best books to read about maths.
Interviews where books by Alex Bellos were recommended
The best books on World Football, recommended by Steve Bloomfield
The author and journalist makes his selection of the best books on World Football. Features volumes from Simon Kuper and Alex Bellos, as well as a cracking investigation into FIFA corruption
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Goalkeepers Are Different
by Brian Glanville -
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The Illustrated History of Football
by David Squires -
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The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia
by Clive Gifford -
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Kane (Ultimate Football Heroes)
by Matt & Tom Oldfield -
5
Football School Season 1: Where Football Explains the World
by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton & Spike Gerrell
Best Football Books for 11 Year Olds, recommended by Alexander
Best Football Books for 11 Year Olds, recommended by Alexander
There are a lot of books about football for sale in bookshops these days, but which ones are any good? 11-year-old Alexander, who loves football as well as reading, shares his choices of the best football books for kids as part of our ‘By Children for Children‘ series.
