A bumper collection of football stories featuring football mad kids called Wembley, Striker, Semi, Bobby and Charlton. Just as well they’re football mad with names like that. With illustrations by the supremely talented Michael Foreman, this book will be enjoyed, in fact devoured by football mad boys and girls.
Wembley, Striker, Semi, Bobby and Charlton (Charlie) - with names like that it's no wonder Charlie and her brothers are football mad! Together they make a great team and use football to solve all the problems that get in their way - from bulls to bullies! Here is a bumper collection of three fantastic books about them. Result!
Sophie Smiley was born in a Dominican monastery near Cambridge - she says she had a very happy childhood surrounded by Fra Angelicos and Ethopian priests! She now teaches English and is also a staff member of Forest School Camps, working with both the able and those with learning difficulties. She is married, and has two sons. They all live in Cambridge.