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At noon on Thursday, Westbrook and Van Arsdall will read the book at the Free Library of Philadelphia, where copies will be available. The initial print run of “The Mouse Who Played Football,” published by Temple University Press, has already sold out online on Amazon. Take those blinders off so that you can go out there and be as successful as you possibly can.” “Fifty percent of the money that we’ll make on this book will go directly to support children’s charities and help to push underrepresented youth to the next level, to allow them to live life without blinders on to only think that they can do one thing. “We’re putting our money where our mouth is,” he said. Westbrook said half of the proceeds from the sale of “The Mouse Who Played Football” will be donated to children’s charities. Westbrook said his older daughter, Bria, knows the little mouse is her dad, but his 5-year-old son “just thinks it’s a great football book.” (Temple University Press)įormer Eagles coach Andy Reid is never named, but his telltale mustache gives him away, as well as his nickname, “Big Red.” There are a lot of things that we had to get around.” Most adults reading the book may recognize a coach named “Big Red” as former Eagles coach Andy Reid. We had to go for a slightly different color,” said Van Arsdall. “There is a specific green that the Eagles own.
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The mouse gets drafted by a pro team in a big city called “Fieldadelphia,” which wears green uniforms. Tom, show the mouse wearing a blue hat with a distinctive V on it. It is not explicit about where Brian went to college, where he played professionally, and who his coaches were.īrian the mouse gets excited when he is accepted to an unnamed college. It also gives a few nods to parents who might be reading the book to their kids. The book has strong themes of self-determination and believing in yourself, proven topics for children’s books.
The mouse in the book is based on Brian’s life, growing up smaller than the other kids but determined to play serious football. “But because every night I’m reading books to my children - I have three children, Bria, Brian, and Brielle, 9, 5, and 3 - and always trying to give them a good story with a good meaning, a good lesson behind it.” It would not have made sense,” said Westbrook. “If Leslie came to me with this idea 20 years ago when I was 22 years old with no kids and family, I would not have done this book. I was watching a lot of kids’ movies at the time and thought, ‘Oh, we can make that cute.’” I was trying to think of a very small animal that has a big heart,” she said. “I just kind of had that image of a mouse in my head. The alter ego is similar to a sportscaster or story narrator who expresses underlying feelings, motivations, or concerns of the client (or others. She had never covered Westbrook as a reporter - he had left the Eagles before she started covering sports - but said she had met him several times before approaching him with an idea for a picture book.
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Van Arsdall, who was cut from Philly TV station CBS3 in a wave of layoffs in 2020, is a mother of two young boys.
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