It's black history month and "Little People, Big Dreams Pele" was a fantastic read. I acquired this book at a Little Libraries book nook.
Edson Arates, aka Pele was a Brazilian blitzkrieg. Pele was destined to play soccer like Shakespeare was to write and the Beatles were to music, he's a legend, a true sports icon.
As a boy, Pele made a soccer ball by stuffing a sock with newspapers and tightening it with string. World Cup in Brazil is taken very seriously to say the very least. Pele's father cried when Brazil lost the world championship and the child told his father he'd one day play for Brazil and win it all.
By the time Pele was 15-years-old, managers and coaches knew they had a gem of a soccer player. Pele was the leading scorer for the season in his first year in league play. At 16, he played for Sweden's World Cup team. All the best teams in the world wanted Pele, and Brazil won it's first ever World Cup with Pele at the helm of the team.
Pele has the honor of being athlete of the 20th century, and his two decades of dominance on the field was his stepping stone for helping poor children in youth sports and so much more. Pele, a true sports legend and humanitarian.
I can now return this book to the Little Libraries laden throughout the lands.
Mark Izzy Schurr
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