11 specky-tacular footy books for kids

Hear that? It’s the sound of a thousand mini footy-mad hearts breaking now that coronavirus has put the 2020 junior footy season on a semi-permanent pause.

Well, kids might not be able to play as a team while we’re in a COVID-19 lockdown, but that doesn’t mean they can’t read like one.

Here are 11 excellent books and book series’ about Australian Rules Football – better known as footy – for kids. From picture books to junior fiction and middle-grade reads, there’s a football book for every kid.

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The 9 best books about cricket for kids

fiction books about cricket for children

Welcome to junior cricket season. Time to pull the cricket kit out of the shed, dust off the deck chairs and learn to deal with grass stains on white pants.

I have four seasons of junior cricket under my belt and still don’t understand how the scoring works. I have no idea when to yell ‘Howzat!’, (hot tip: apparently it’s not when your kid’s bat finally connects with the ball). And I am clueless when it comes to telling a bouncer from a yorker. At least I’m on the front foot when it comes to cricket books.

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