At the Very Beginning Was the Ball

Kiki, Coco, Klaas and Kalle, every burbot, every jellyfish – they all love football, all of them!

As fast-paced and cheeky as a rap song, this picture book celebrates football as a passion that spans the globe: Me near the Rhine and you in Riga, 5th league or national league, Lapland or Senegal, Greenland, Tokyo, Wuppertal – it is not important and it doesn’t matter!

Reading Will Gmehling’s verses aloud is both fun and a challenge. And fans will be happy to go into extra time to discover the countless little stories in Antje Damm’s witty and humorous pictures!