Gordon D'Arcy

I just thought two heads would be much better on this.

I do.

The first one, I'd have lots of input.

The second one, I would probably need a large input.

And thankfully, Paul was able to explain the nuances of football to me in this game.

But when we had the idea for the first book.

Which is about rugby.

Yeah, it was, you know, let's play rugby.

I have kids and I've gone through the whole spectrum of books.

I've got, my daughter's 11, my son is nine and I have a five-year-old.

So I've gone through the whole picture books.

Now we're into, you know, graphic novels and, you know, my son has started the Harry Potter.

So there's lots and Gordon Gaines books.

So,

We've gone through the whole thing, but I remember at one point going through with the book and there was nothing really about sports.

I just thought that was a lovely idea that we could take something with.

So we brought it to Paul and then Paul managed to put a little bit of bones on the idea and Little Ireland saw what we had and brought it through.

We always knew football was going to be the second book.

Or maybe they're on a fast track and they're in an academy at five and they're getting pushed hard.

we had to get in there but see I think when you read it's kind of co-reading and now kids can absolutely read at the age that we put it into but when you're sitting down with your kid it usually is a co-reading kind of scenario you're reading to them