Ready Steady Mo!
Mo Farah, Kes Gray and Marta Kissi
Hodder Children’s Books
I doubt many youngsters will be able to resist Mo’s invitation to RUN! According to the champ, there’s nowhere you can’t run – to the kitchen, around the furniture, down the hallway, up the stairs …

and nothing you can’t run in – your slippers (it might be a bit tricky however), your vest, your onesie – though maybe it’s best to get dressed first.

Then go out and run anywhere be it daylight or dark. Mo does not recommend running in class however (and interestingly he attended the secondary school nearest to a primary I taught at (before his rise to fame) so he knows all about that; and he was, I hear, a bit of a handful at school as a new arrival from Somalia, until a PE teacher recognized his talent and he found a channel for his energy and high spirits.
Our champ recommends running with friends or family and perhaps even with animals or … in space and right around the entire universe …

Out of puff? There’s only one thing to do …

Love, love love him and this book with its terrific, brimming over with energy, illustrations from Marta Kissi; she really has done him proud; and Kes Gray’s rhyming text, that really does make you wanna get up and go – with little MO! Like the inspirational Mo himself; it’s a real winner. (There are even photos of Mo and his gorgeous family inside the back cover.)
What are you waiting for: don those trainers and GO! GO! GO! You may not make this August’s Olympics but you’ll soon feel a whole lot better …