My Football Family

by Andy Holloway, Honee Jang (Illustrator)

Overview

Calling all football lovers! Share your love for the sport - and how it brings family together - in My Football Family, a joyful celebration of sport and the ways it can illuminate the boundless love between a parent and child.

From the host of the #1 fantasy football podcast, The Fantasy Footballers, Andy Holloway presents his heartwarming debut picture book - an ode to family, fandom, and football. Perfect for readers of all ages who play, watch, or enjoy football and want to snuggle to a celebratory story about family.

My Football Family:

- Will appeal to children as well as adults who are football fans
- Is a perfect holiday gift or Super Bowl memento
- Is written in a sweet and lyrical read-aloud
- Features gorgeous art by Honee Jang

Pick up this cheerful and heartwarming picture book sure to become a favorite in any football-loving household!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250847157
Publisher:	Roaring Brook Press
Publication date:	08/30/2022
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	403,152
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD640L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Andy Holloway hosts the award-winning Fantasy Footballers podcast and lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife, Bri, and their three children Caleb, Nathan, and Alyssa. A lifelong entrepreneur and ice cream lover, Andy and the rest of The Fantasy Footballers work to make fantasy sports and football accessible to the whole family, combining analysis and entertainment in a unique way that has garnered hundreds of thousands of fans around the globe.

Honee Jang is a Korean-American illustrator and designer for children’s books, including Emily Calandrelli's Reach for the Stars. Her passion lies in evoking curiosity in young readers to understand their emotions and surroundings better. When she is not making art, Honee spends her time reading books and documentaries, writing letters, and planning where to travel next. She is based in London.

Editorial Reviews

"A heartfelt forward pass from one generation to the next (and the next)." - Kirkus

From the Publisher

2022-05-11
A pigskin-themed paean to family and family traditions.

As images depict a football-shaped newborn growing up, marrying, and helping to produce another—the second actually dressed in a football onesie, which is adorable—sports podcaster Holloway notes rookie season fumbles and triumphs, team huddles on the sofa to watch the big games, the passage of quarters and seasons, and major life events (like the wedding: “One day you may get drafted / To a franchise of your own”). All the while, Holloway promises to cheer from the sidelines in victory or defeat, to be there when needed, and to give each “wonderful expansion / of our football family” both a welcome and proper coaching. The family in Jang’s shiny, reasonably realistic illustrations includes three children. The verse’s language is nonspecific enough to apply to offspring of any gender as well as adoptees. In school settings and on playing fields of several sorts, the child, at various ages, light-skinned like their parents, joins a diverse group of peers, including one wearing a hijab and another who uses a hearing aid, while the child’s own family includes a dark-skinned sibling and, by the end, a child with, like their spouse, Asian features. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A heartfelt forward pass from one generation to the next (and the next). (Picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews