* About a spirited young girl who loves football asmuch as the storybooks that she suddenlydiscovers in class* Draws children into a magical world of bookswhere they learn to explore stories, and delightin words, pictures and funny moments* Illustrations use a collage of colours, textures,and images to evoke Nabiya’ s ordinary everydayalongside the fantasy of her imagination* Subtle details in text and pictures createawareness about the reality of the less fortunate,for whom owning a book is so very precious* Shows what difference a sensitive teacher canmake to a child’ s life