by Shelly Ware
Illustrated by Serena Geddes
Published by Puffin (Penguin Random House Australia)
ISBN 9781761048906
One of the the series Matildas and Soceroos books
Jasmine or Jazzy as she likes to be called is a keen fan of the Matildas and she has a burning ambition to become on one day. She doesn't want to wait that long so she decides to round up her friends make a little Matildas team.
However, not all goes exactly to her plan. Jazzy finds that her friend's enthusiasm is not as strong as hers as they have many other distractions to fill their days after school. But she needs them to come together and play another team - and win their world cup.
Jazzy picks a team because she spots their talents in everyday life. The school friends all start off rather keen but then they're tired after all the birthday parties and other things they do with their families. So Jazzy comes up with a plan to get the falling apart team to become a team again. She introducing more fun and using her skills to bond the group of little girls she gets what she wants and the little girls get what they desire and all have loads of fun.
The story has little girls from different backgrounds to show inclusion including some with quirky names and how to think about ways to bring people together when they aren't all necessarily like minded but have something such as soccer in common. The illustrations compliment the story capturing the emotions on the faces of the little girls.