Before she was the Matildas World Cup superstar goalkeeper, Lydia Williams was just a young girl living in outback Australia, looking for fun ways to make friends.
In this gorgeous picture book, Little Lydia learns to be the best she can be as she competes in a variety of sports against very unusual competitors. An inspiring celebration of self-belief, the joy to be had in sport, and the importance of persistence.
Little Lydia loves sport. She lives in the outback and is friends with all the animals.
When she asks Emu, Kangaroo and Koala to play with her, she soon discovers that each of them has a special talent.
But does Lydia have a gift for sport too?
And if she does, how will she discover it?
A funny and triumphant picture book by Lydia Williams, goalkeeper for the Australian Matildas.
About the Author
Lydia Williams is an Indigenous Australian soccer player. She grew up on the red dirt of Western Australia. During her childhood she travelled with her family to many Aboriginal communities where she learnt how to play sport with bare feet. Her family taught her how to live off the land and the values of Indigenous culture; they even had two pet kangaroos.
When her family moved to Canberra, Lydia started playing soccer competitively as a way to make friends. Having played soccer for nearly twenty years, Lydia currently plays for Brighton in the UK and is the long-standing goalkeeper of the Australian Matildas.
About the Illustrator
Lucinda Gifford is the author and illustrator of many well-loved books for kids. Many years ago, Lucinda studied architecture in Scotland, where she learned to draw fancy buildings and moody scenery. She also likes to draw dragons, cats and magical frogs -- despite never having studied witchcraft.
Now based in Melbourne, Lucinda works from a lively studio full of books, plants, dragons' blood and newts' tongues.
