Ben Stokes (Amazing Cricket Stars, Book 1)
By (Author) Clive Gifford
Illustrated by Carl Pearce
Book 1
HarperCollins Publishers
Red Shed
31st July 2024
11th April 2024
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Sports teams and clubs
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Sporting events
796.358092
Paperback
144
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 12mm
100g
Meet the king of English cricket, Ben Stokes, in this thrilling unofficial biography!
From his childhood in New Zealand and his early cricketing career at Cockermouth, to winning his first County Championship with Durham and selection for England, Ben Stokess cricket career has been filled with extraordinary successes alongside great challenges.
Follow this impressive all-rounder as he bats, bowls and fields his way to being one of the greatest cricketers of all time as well as an inspirational England captain.
Clive Gifford is a lifelong cricket fan who lives a short walk away from Lancashires Old Trafford cricket ground.
Clive Gifford is an award-winning writer whose first book was published at the age of seventeen. He has received commendations from PBS, the Smithsonian Museum and NAPPA and received the TES Information Book of the Year award. He has also worked as a features writer for Real Robots magazine. He has written over 80 non-fiction books including Inside Robots (Dorling Kindersley), The Kingfisher Encyclopaedia of Motorsport, How to Live on Mars, (OUP) and How the Future Began (Kingfisher).