Ben Stokes (Amazing Cricket Stars, Book 1)
Meet the king of English cricket, Ben Stokes, in this thrilling unofficial biography!
From his childhood in New Zealand and his early cricketing career at Cockermouth, to winning his first County Championship with Durham and selection for England, Ben Stokes's cricket career has been filled with extraordinary successes alongside great challenges.
Follow this impressive all-rounder as he bats, bowls and fields his way to being one of the greatest cricketers of all time - as well as an inspirational England captain.
Look out for the rest of the Amazing Cricket Stars series:
Virat Kohli
Mitchell Starc
Heather Knight
Clive Gifford is an award-winning writer whose first book was published at the age of seventeen. He has received commendations from PBS, the Smithsonian Museum and NAPPA and received the TES Information Book of the Year award. He has also worked as a features writer for Real Robots magazine. He has written over 80 non-fiction books including Inside Robots (Dorling Kindersley), The Kingfisher Encyclopaedia of Motorsport, How to Live on Mars, (OUP) and How the Future Began (Kingfisher).
Author: Clive Gifford
Format: Paperback, 144 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 100 g
Published: 2024, HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom
Genre: Children's General Interest & Leisure
Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Meet the king of English cricket, Ben Stokes, in this thrilling unofficial biography!
From his childhood in New Zealand and his early cricketing career at Cockermouth, to winning his first County Championship with Durham and selection for England, Ben Stokes's cricket career has been filled with extraordinary successes alongside great challenges.
Follow this impressive all-rounder as he bats, bowls and fields his way to being one of the greatest cricketers of all time - as well as an inspirational England captain.
Look out for the rest of the Amazing Cricket Stars series:
Virat Kohli
Mitchell Starc
Heather Knight
Clive Gifford is an award-winning writer whose first book was published at the age of seventeen. He has received commendations from PBS, the Smithsonian Museum and NAPPA and received the TES Information Book of the Year award. He has also worked as a features writer for Real Robots magazine. He has written over 80 non-fiction books including Inside Robots (Dorling Kindersley), The Kingfisher Encyclopaedia of Motorsport, How to Live on Mars, (OUP) and How the Future Began (Kingfisher).