Girl in search of a title…

This is Tabinda. She is going to be the 8th book in the Girls FC series but at the moment we haven’t got a title for her. Her ‘problem’ in the story is that she is scared of heading the ball so the title needs to reflect that. It also needs to be in question form like the other books in the series.  The publishers have come up with three suggestions.

Here they are:

Isn’t this called football?

Can’t I just kick it?

Do I have to use my head?

In Waterstone’s on Saturday I did a mini survey. 6 children liked ‘Isn’t this called football? and the other two titles gained 9 votes each.  So it was too close to call on an out and out favourite.

Some of the children I asked came up with titles of their own:

Xavier: Wouldn’t my head fall off?

Edwin: Couldn’t you just roll it?

Alfie: Won’t my hair get dirty?

Chloe: What if I get a bump? and: What if it hurts me?

Spencer: Can’t I just throw it?

Alan MacDonald suggested: Won’t it hurt my head?

Before today i was leaning towards Can’t I just kick it? but now I’m not too sure. Any other ideas or voters out there?

Tags: Girls FC

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