She wanted better luck now.” As she is stomping away in the illustrations with her arms out and head looking down, this shows an angry body language by how her arms and head are in the image. In one part of the story we can see Mia with her arms crossed and with a frown on her face and it says “Mia didn’t want better luck next time. The protagonist in this story is Mia she can see her character traits well through illustrations and text. That whatever we love to do to never quit. That it’s okay to lose but to lose gracefully. The theme in this story is to have good sportsmanship, because in the story it shows that Mia loves soccer and that she loved to score goals and the cheers, and when she didn’t score she didn’t like it, but realized that playing soccer and being there with her team is what’s more fun and important. This story would be great to read to students because it can show them to continue what they love doing without giving up. My impression of this story is that it was a nice story to read, it definitely shows to not quit something you love.

The next day she wasn’t able to play because she was a “quitter” so she just watched, the day after Mia played again but she couldn’t score a goal and her friend said “better luck next time” Mia quit she didn’t like that she wasn’t scoring her friends and siblings kept telling her to play but she didn’t want to. Although sometimes it doesn’t work that way, one day when Mia couldn’t score a goal she wasn’t too happy because no goal means no cheering. In winners never quit, it’s a story about a little girl named Mia who loves to play soccer, she loved to score goals and people would cheer. Back matter includes pictures of Mia from her childhood soccer matches to her world-class wins.Īlthough Hamm, and Women's Soccer in general, aren't as popular today as they were when the book premiered, it is a story that can stand on its own for both young soccer fans and those who need to learn that 'winners never quit!'

The story is ably told with cute illustrations. Soon, Mia needs to decide which is stronger-her love of soccer or her dislike of losing. But, her older siblings have a lesson in store: winners never quit. It seems like Mia always wants to quit whenever she starts to lose. She loves it when she scores goals and everyone cheers! She does not care so much for missing goals. In the story, young Mia loves to play soccer with her family. I was a bit skeptical that this was a star vehicle for Mia Hamm that would have everything to do with quick sales and little to do with lasting quality.

Since it's World Cup time, I wanted to find a few picture books featuring soccer/futball.

Winners never quit by mia hamm