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The Floating Field
Book · 2021
The Floating Field
All agesBest for whole family★ 4.3
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The true story of boys in Koh Panyee, a Thai fishing village built on stilts with no dry land, who lashed together scrap wood and old fishing rafts to build a floating soccer pitch. They went on to reach a regional youth tournament.
Why we picked it
It is the cleanest answer a picture book has ever given to "we don't have a field." Read it to a kid who complains about the turf.
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