Coy, John. World Game, The: Soccer Circles the Globe. Phung Nguyen Quang, Illus. Carolrhoda, 05/2026. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 979-8-7656-6798-9. GRADES Preschool–Kindergarten. ADDITIONAL.
Action-packed digital illustrations demonstrate how popular football, or American soccer, is around the world. Readers follow what is written as one game, following the ball as it passes across time zones from player to player, flying down the fields and into a goal post. Each two-page spread features a new city, country, and time zone. Demonstrating the global reach of football, the displayed time changes in sync with the time zones and game play. Players’ ethnicities, clothes, playing fields, and backgrounds all change from city to city, showing some with fancy uniforms and fields and others with dirt fields and plain clothes. Useful to show how the game is played around the world and watched by billions, especially with the World Cup in the U.S. this year.
Joshua Rees—Daly City Public Library