The Adventures of Antoine and Tom

Book 1 · Under-8s season

The Captain’s Armband

Tom and Antoine are eight and play for Swallows FC, their village's little football club. They are twins, but they are nothing alike. Tom charges ahead and wants to win everything. Antoine reads the game before anyone else, but he is scared to shoot.

When Coach Marc hands the captain's armband to Tom, Antoine hides his disappointment behind a big smile. Defeats, jealousy and a huge argument put the brothers to the test. Luckily, Grandpa Jo has a story to tell them, and the Little Champions tournament is coming up.

A story about football, brothers and self-confidence, in 40 illustrated pages.

Tom, with brown hair and a navy headband

Tom

The captain who wants to do it all on his own

Antoine

The team's playmaker, who doesn't dare to shoot

The line-up

The Swallows on the pitch

This is how Coach Marc lines up his team at the start of the season, before everything is turned upside down.

Yasmine
The goalkeeper. She talks louder than everyone else and is afraid of nothing.

DEF

Noa
The tallest in the team. He never says a word, but nothing gets past him.

MID

Antoine
He reads the pitch like a map: a gap here, a teammate making a run there.

WING

Lucas
The fastest of them all, with red hair and legs that never stop.

FWD

Tom
The captain. He has to learn that wearing the armband means bringing the others into the game.

BENCH

Coach Marc and Grandpa Jo
The patient coach, and the grandpa who looks after the old leather football.

RIVAL

Victor
Captain of the Foxes, in orange. Arrogant… until the final whistle.

Take a look inside

A big illustration on every page

Grandpa Jo hands the old leather football to the twins outside his house — Grandpa Jo's footballPage 3

Coach Marc hands the captain's armband to Tom, with the whole team around them — The captain is chosenPage 7

At sunset, Tom has fallen in the grass and Antoine is laughing, the ball rolling along the road — On the way homePage 9

40 colour pagesLarge square format 21.6 × 21.6 cmAges 8+€9.99In English, French and Dutch

The saga

One season per book, 14 books

The twins grow up with every book: football school, youth academies, then the professional game.

U8 · COMING SOON1The Captain’s Armband

U92The Spring Tournament

U103Learning from Defeat

U114The First Big Tournament

U125The Injury

U136The Rival

U147The Scout

U158School and the Pitch

U169The Academy

U1710Two Paths

PRO11The Contract

PRO12The First League Match

PRO13The European Cup

PRO14The National Call-Up

“One day, we’ll play in the same team… and even for the national team.”

The titles of books 2 to 14 are provisional.

Free

Colour in Tom and Antoine

Three pages to print: the activity book cover, Tom and Antoine, with their real colours as clues. They come from “The Antoine and Tom Activity Book”, sold on Amazon, with colouring pages, a quiz, a word search, a maze and match sheets.

Download the colouring pages (PDF)

3-page PDF, US Letter size, to print in black and white.

The changing room

Clubs, schools and journalists

For clubs

Give the book to your under-8s to under-10s at the end of the season or as a holiday gift.

Group price from 10 copies
Reading and signing session at your club

For schools

A short story about team spirit, jealousy and making up, to read in class.

Photocopiable activity book
Meet the author

For the press

A dad writes a 14-book saga inspired by his football-mad twins.

High-resolution cover and pages
Three editions: English, French, Dutch