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Ultimate Football Heroes: Messi
Ultimate Football Heroes (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- Joe Jameson, Joe Jameson
- Publisher
- Dino Books
- Publish Date
- 18 April 2019
- Run Time
- 3 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Association football (Soccer), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation, Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Communities, places and peoples
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
What to expect
'The Barcelona fans were already standing - they had seen the things that Lionel could do with the ball at his feet.'
Lionel Messi is a legend - Barcelona's star player and the world's best footballer. But when he was young, he was so small that his friends called him 'Little Leo' and coaches worried he wasn't big enough. Yet through bravery, talent and hard work, he proved them wrong. Messi tells the magical story of how the tiniest boy in South America grew up to become the greatest player on earth.
Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Told in fast-paced, action-packed style with sound effects that transport you straight into the middle of all the exhilarating action of the football pitch, these audiobooks are perfect for the whole family to share and enjoy.
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 4.0
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5.0 5.0
Amazing book for all ages
Jayden 2026-05-22 -
5.0 3.0
What a Beautiful Cover up by Mr. Matt & Tom Oldfield. Highly Recommended. Vamos Messi Visca Messi.
xLester 2025-12-12
Details
- Author
- Matt & Tom Oldfield, illustrated by Dan Leydon
- Narrator
- Joe Jameson, Joe Jameson
- Duration
- 3 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 April 2019
- ISBN
- 9781789461503
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Dino Books
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports: Association football (Soccer), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Sports and outdoor recreation, Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ball games and sports, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Communities, places and peoples
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Meet Messi - Ultimate Football Hero. 'The Barcelona fans were already standing - they had seen the things that Lionel could do with the ball at his feet.' Lionel Messi is a legend - Barcelona's star player and the world's best footballer. But when he was young, he was so small that his friends called him 'Little Leo' and coaches worried he wasn't big enough. Yet through bravery, talent and hard work, he proved them wrong. Messi tells the magical story of how the tiniest boy in South America grew up to become the greatest player on earth.Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life-stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to super-star professional player. Told in fast-paced, action-packed style with sound effects that transport you straight into the middle of all the exhilarating action of the football pitch, these audiobooks are perfect for the whole family to share and enjoy.
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