Sports are fantastic fun!
By (Author) Ole Konnecke
Gecko Press
Gecko Press
9th August 2018
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
796
Hardback
56
Cycling, ice hockey, athletics, tennis, climbing ... There are so many sports, and theyre all fantastic fun! Football is fantastic fun, except when your team keeps missing goals: that can make you cry. Horse-riding is also fantasticso long as the horse goes where the rider wants. Running, cycling and swimming require fantastic agility and endurance. Billiards is quieter, but still fantastic fun! Sports lovers small and big will find the one they love bestand some surprisesin this witty picture book, with funny animal characters trying out all the sports and a laconic commentary.
"Facts galore, presented in an entertaining fashion; both children and adults will laugh a lot and learn even more." -- Kirkus Reviews (US)
"Sports are indeed, fantastic fun, when written and illustrated by Ole Knnecke." -- Booksellers (NZ)
"Both the witty, detailed illustrations and the dryly humorous commentary are amusing, and altogether the book has a touch of the Richard Scarry about it."
-- Book TrustOle Knnecke was born in 1961 and spent his childhood in Sweden. He now lives in Germany and has produced over 30 books, several of which have won international awards.