This inspirational biography for children, written by award-winning author Roy Apps, follows Harry Kane's story and his journey to becoming Tottenham Hotspur's leading striker and England shooting star. Illustrated with colour artwork by Alessandro Valdrighi, including graphic novel-style panels, this book is perfect for sport-mad girls and boys with a reading age of 7, but will work perfectly well for older readers too.
Printed on off-white paper using a reading font approved by the British Dyslexia Association, the Sporting Heroes series brings to life the skill, grit and determination needed to be a world-class sportsperson today.
This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books to get children reading with confidence. EDGE - for books kids can't put down.
Roy Apps is the author of 58 children's books. The two latest books in his new Dream to Win series are to be published in October 2009.
Roy has also written 60-odd TV scripts and 60 not-so-odd ones. He is one of only four writers to have received a personal BAFTA Children's Film & Television Writers' Award. Most recently, he has writing for the new animation series, Casper's Scare School.
He visits schools, libraries, bookshops and Arts Festivals all over the country.
He leads writing projects for all ages and has helped young writers create books, plays, films, poetry, podcasts, musical theatre and opera.
Currently he is part of a member of the Basildon Adopt-an-Author Project whose Patron is England and West Ham United goalkeeper, Robert Green