No Dribbling the Squid
Octopush, Shin Kicking, Elephant Polo, and Other Oddball Sports
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In No Dribbling the Squid, armchair athletes—and anyone who enjoys tales of the strange and unusual—get a front-row seat at some of the world's most mind-blowing feats of strength, endurance, and eccentricity. Here are profiles of more than 70 fringe, far-fetched, and frightening sports, all featured in up-close-and-personal photos. With everything from wayward warfare (Japanese mudflinging, team snowball fighting, professional shin kicking) to displaced races (swamp soccer, outhouse racing, underwater cycling, or elephant polo), to toe- and finger-wrestling, chess boxing, extreme mountain unicycling, spitting and hurling contests, city-wide brawls, and recess games gone grown-up, there's something here to tickle any competitor's freaky streak.
Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen is the author of over 140 books of poetry, stories and cultural politics. He was the UK's Children's Laureate 2007-9 and is currently Professor of Children's Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he co-devised and co-tutors the MA in Children's Literature. He has won numerous international awards for his work. His most famous books are We're Going on a Bear Hunt (with Helen Oxenbury); Quick, Let's Get Out of Here; and Michael Rosen's Sad Book (both with Quentin Blake). He presents BBC Radio 4's flagship programme about language, Word of Mouth, and writes a monthly provocative open letter to the Secretary of State for Education in the Guardian.
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