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Lionel Messi
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From smallest on the pitch to the greatest.
Leo Messi was always the smallest kid on the field, but he lived and breathed soccer. This picture book biography follows him from a soccer-crazy family in Argentina to the world's biggest stadiums, with a message that you can be small and still do big things.
Shelf
How it reads
Grades K-3
Best for
- Young soccer players
- Read-aloud time
- Ages 4 to 8
About this book
- Author
- Erica Wainer
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 28, 2026
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- ISBN-10
- 0063494884
- ISBN-13
- 978-0063494886
Book description
An all-star picture book biography about how Lionel "Leo" Messi went from the smallest kid on the pitch to the greatest soccer player of all time.
Right now, on any soccer field, in any town—small or large, rural or suburban—you will see a kid wearing the iconic #10 jersey.
A household name who has sold out stadiums across the world, Leo Messi, is thought of as the best soccer player of all time. But how did he get here? Born into a soccer family, Leo lived and breathed soccer, but he was always the smallest kid on the pitch. Could Leo in his biggest little-kid dreams have imagined what life had in store for him?
Inspiring and heartfelt, Leo's story is the perfect collectible for every soccer-loving kid wearing the #10 jersey—and a reminder that you can be small and still do big things.
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