{"product_id":"max-explains-everything-soccer-expert-isbn-9781101996409","title":"Max Explains Everything: Soccer Expert","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis hilarious, tongue-in-cheek guide from kid-expert Max reveals everything you need to know about the game of soccer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax knows a lot about soccer. After all, he's been playing it for almost three weeks! So he's pretty much an expert. Here Max shares his one-of-a-kind helpful tips including how to warm up (stretch, twirl, somersault), who's who on the field (the ref is in yellow and wears a whistle--you should not bring your own whistle), and what to do with your hands since you can't touch the ball (wave at fans, hide them in your shirt, play itsy-bitsy spider). But could Max possibly be forgetting something very important? Full of humor, energy, and warmth, \u003ci\u003eMax Explains Everything: Soccer Expert\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect read aloud for novice players as well as for fellow \"kid experts\" on the game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWant more fun with Max? Don't miss \u003ci\u003eMax Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BCCB Blue Ribbon Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A simple, funny, and exciting story. McAnulty and Hocking score again.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Very funny. Kids who remember—and parents who are new to experience—that first season . . . will laugh and slap their foreheads over Max’s misplaced enthusiasm, cleverly chronicled by Hocking’s mixed-media artwork and McAnulty’s wry text in the speech bubbles.\" —\u003ci\u003eBCCB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Sports fans and lovers of a good silly picture book will have much to cheer for here.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Max is a relatable hero for readers who like being on the field but whose minds might not be entirely in the game.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eStacy McAnulty is the author of many children's books, including \u003ci\u003eEarth! My First 4.54 Billion Years, Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExcellent Ed \u003c\/i\u003e(an Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e101 Reasons Why I'm Not Taking a Bath\u003c\/i\u003e. She also writes chapter books and middle-grade novels. She lives in North Carolina with three kids, three dogs, and one husband. You can visit her at stacymcanulty.com or on Twitter @stacymcanulty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Hocking is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Henry Hopendower\u003c\/i\u003e and the nonfiction picture book \u003ci\u003eBuild, Beaver, Build! Life at the Longest Beaver Dam.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Portland, Oregon, in a hundred-year-old cottage that she fixed up with her husband, Jay. Learn more at deborahhockingillustration.com.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304412860645,"sku":"NP9781101996409","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781101996409.jpg?v=1767732435","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/max-explains-everything-soccer-expert-isbn-9781101996409","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}