The choices of the 20 players (one from each club) selected as "reading stars" are eclectic - ranging from children's books to the classics. Interestingly, eight of the teams selected their goalkeepers as the person most likely to devote time to helping children with their reading....
Here are the ones who chose children's books. [For full list, click link.]:
(Aston Villa) Brad Friedel: Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
(Bolton) Jussi Jaaskelainen: How To Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowell
(Liverpool) Jamie Carragher: War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
(Man Utd) Wayne Rooney: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling
(Newcastle) Steven Taylor: Friendly Matches by Allan Ahlberg
(West Bromwich Albion) Chris Brunt: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
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