In the beginning Think you know your football history? Think again! This sport was alive and kicking way before the English Premier League or the Italian Serie A. Over 3000 years ago, Mesoamerican people played a team game involving a ball which was made out of a rock. The ball symbolised the sun and the captain of the losing team was be sacrificed to the gods! You can image that the games were quite exciting. China The earliest version of soccer is from China in the second century BC. It was called Tsu’ Chu. Players kicked a leather ball filled with feathers
The Digital version of the Friendship issue is out! This is one of our favourite issues, with so many things to see and do! We’ve tweaked it, adjusted it, and made it work so it can be easily read on a screen. Look out for poetry from Nadine Kaadan and David Roche, and she information about the Sustainability Development Goals and how each one of us can do our part. We have a new section called News DJ which music fans young and old will love and our Chicken Hero is Amelia Earhart… Buy a single download, from issuu.com, or get
In 2016 researchers working for The Book People and asked 1000 parents if they like to read scary stories to their children. This is what they found: 78% of parents (that’s almost 8 out of 10 parents) said that baddies helped children tell the difference between good and evil. 53% (just over half) that they helped children “learn to cope with difficult situations” 48% (just under half) that they help conquer fears. “Children are often being wrapped up in cotton wool,” says child psychologist Emma Kenny. She believes that scary stories are quite useful for children to learn about life. “Risk and fear
