Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions by Khiani, Darshana

Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions

A Thai soccer team creates their own place to play -- a floating field -- in this...
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Author: Darshana Khiani
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Language: English
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Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions by Khiani, Darshana

Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions

$18.99

Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions

$18.99
Author: Darshana Khiani
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A Thai soccer team creates their own place to play -- a floating field -- in this unforgettable tale of persistence and problem-solving. Based on a true story.

In Thailand's Phang Nga Bay, atop a network of stilts, floats the village of Koh Panyee--where a group of boys loved soccer but had nowhere to practice. Where could they find space to dribble, juggle, shoot, and score? The boys looked out at the water and started gathering tools.

Even while their neighbors laughed, they sawed wood, hammered nails, and tied barrels together. The team worked for weeks to build Koh Panyee's first floating field--a place to practice, and a place to transform their community.

With engaging soccer scenes and atmospheric images of southern Thailand, this inspiring book from author Darshana Khiani and illustrator Dow Phumiruk follows a group of boys who became a team long before they had jerseys or even a field. Plank by plank, they built their dream. Author's and illustrator's notes offer additional background.

Part of Eerdmans' Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers series.

Awards

The Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) Show Me Award Final Nominee (2025-2026)

Diamond State Reading Association (DSRA) Delaware Diamonds Award Grades K-2 (2024-2025)

Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List - Family/School/Community & Outstanding Merit
Children's Book Council (CBC) Children's Favorites List 3rd-5th Grade
Children's Book Council (CBC) Teacher Favorites List
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC) Best STEM Books Award List
Colorado Humanities Colorado Book Award in Children's Literature Finalist
Missouri Association of School Librarians Dogwood Readers Award in Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Finalist



Author: Darshana Khiani
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.20h x 9.10w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780802855473
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 555592 / Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2023 pg. 81
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023
Booklist 07/01/2023 pg. 66
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2023

About the Author

Darshana Khiani is a computer engineer, children's book author, and South Asian kidlit advocate based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Her books include How to Wear a Sari (Versify) and I'm an American (Viking). Visit Darshana's website at darshanakhiani.com and follow her on Twitter @darshanakhiani.

Dow Phumiruk is the award-winning illustrator of over a dozen books for young readers, including One Girl (Abrams), Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team (HarperCollins), and Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 (Henry Holt). She lives in Colorado, where she also works as a general pediatrician. Follow Dow on Instagram @dowphumiruk.

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