Walter Tull: Footballer, Soldier, Hero: Band 17/Diamond

by Dan Lyndon

Walter Tull was a successful footballer and officer in the British Army in World War One. These achievements are even more exceptional because Walter was Afro-Caribbean, succeeding in a world that still considered black people inferior. Follow him from the orphanage to the football field and final days in the trenches, in this inspiring biography.

Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.A biographyA timeline on pages 54 and 55 presents the key events in Walter Tull's life chronologically, allowing plenty of recapping and further discussion.Curriculum What was it like to live here in the past?This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

56 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 4, 2021

Reviews

[Eve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as one the children at my school recommended it to me (as they know I enjoy history and sports).


I had heard of Walter Tull previously, but didn’t know much about him. This small, children’s book provided me with some fascinating information, and now I want to know more about him! What an incredible man.