Birgit Skarstein
Susanne Kaluza
Leonard Furuberg (ill.)

Why Can't the Referee Score Goals? And 52 Other Questions You Might Have About Sports

Hvorfor kan ikke dommeren score mål? Og 52 andre ting du lurer på

Genre: Children and Young Adults
Category: Non-fiction (Free standing title in a book series)
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Year: 2025
Pages: 72
ISBN: 9788202840495
English sample translation available

In Why Can’t the Referee Score Goals? children learn the answers to both big and small questions about sports. Why do sumo wrestlers wear diapers? Why are tennis balls yellow? How do you shoot a bow and arrow without any arms? And what is the most dangerous sport in the world?

Why Can’t the Referee Score Goals? is informative and easy to grasp with fun illustrations. It is the perfect book to start a conversation about the world of sports, with children aged six to nine years.

Photo: Lina Hindrum

Birgit Skarstein (b. 1989) is a Paralympic athlete. She has won twelve World Championships medals and is the reigning world champion and world record holder in rowing. She is also part of the Global Shapers, a group under the World Economic Forum, and a member of the Biotechnology Board.

Susanne Kaluza is a business leader, editor, blogger and author. She also works as the CEO of Oslo’s House of Literature. Why Don’t all countries Have a President? (2021) was her children’s debut book.

Leonard Furuberg (b. 1988) is an illustrator and character designer with experience from various fields including game design, advertising and book production.

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