Family Footy Fest @ The Little Book Room

For those of us who LOVE our footy it’s almost time for the AFL Football season to kick off for 2015!

What better way to celebrate than at the Family Footy Fest where you can meet and have LOTS of footy fun with two footy mad authors Adrian Beck and Michael Wagner.

Where: The Little Book Room

When:  Saturday, April 4th at 3pm

Click HERE for more details and to book your place (Free)

Adrian Beck is the co-author of the Kick it to Nick series with Hawthorn champion Shane Crawford.  We have this fun footy series in our library including the two newest books “Footybot Face-Off” and “The Fanged Footies” all ready for Term 2.  The Kick it to Nick books also have a website for you to explore HERE.

Michael Wagner is the author of the popular Maxx Rumble series and Why I Love Footy is his latest book. Michael  says…

“There are a bazillion reasons to love footy! These are just my biggest ones…

There’s the big tackles and amazing marks. There’s wearing the scarf and singing the song. But whether your team wins or loses, from the opening bounce to the final siren, the very best thing about football is that we do it together.”

I am definitely buying this book!  When I was little I went to the footy nearly every Saturday with my mum to barrack for our team North Melbourne and I would wear my duffle coat with number 36 on the back. I still remember how excited I was going to my first Grand Final in 1977 and the stunned silence around the ground when the game ended in a draw between North Melbourne and Collingwood. I was lucky to return to the MCG the following week and see North Melbourne win! I’m much older now and I still love wearing my scarf; travelling on the train with all the footy supporters; munching on hot chips (with vinegar); barracking for my team and singing the club song with my North Melbourne “footy family”.

Why do you love footy?

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2 thoughts on “Family Footy Fest @ The Little Book Room

  1. Like you Miss Y, footy reminds me of when I was in primary school and my dad would take me to the football to watch Collingwood. He grew up in Collingwood and was an ardent supporter. I remember vividly the crunchy green apple I would take to eat at half time.
    Footy brings different memories to people. I wonder if most people’s memories of footy are because of someone special in their lives.
    Mrs S

  2. Hi Mrs S

    We take our footy very seriously here in Melbourne, don’t we! When a child is born they are often automatically a supporter of a particular team depending on who their parents barrack for in the AFL. In fact some people say that “Football is a religion in Melbourne!” I arrived in Melbourne when I was in Year 3 and one the first things I was asked was “Who do you barrack for?”

    I think many people will have memories of footy connected to someone special in their lives who either introduced them to footy or took them to the games.

    Miss Y 🙂

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