Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change (Kid Legends): 6
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Every activist started out as a kid-and in some cases, were kids when they began their activism. Before they became champions of African-American, women s, LGBTQ, disablity, education, labor, and civil rights, the world s most celebrated activists had regular-kid problems, just like you. Kid Activists tells the stories of a diverse and inclusive group-including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Harvey Milk, Dolores Huerta, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, Nelson Mandela, Emma Watson, Janet Mock, Helen Keller, Alexander Hamilton, Ruby Bridges, Iqbal Masih, Malala Yousafzai, and Autumn Peltier-through kid-friendly text and full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page.
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Every activist started out as a kid-and in some cases, were kids when they began their activism. Before they became champions of African-American, women s, LGBTQ, disablity, education, labor, and civil rights, the world s most celebrated activists had regular-kid problems, just like you. Kid Activists tells the stories of a diverse and inclusive group-including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Harvey Milk, Dolores Huerta, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, Nelson Mandela, Emma Watson, Janet Mock, Helen Keller, Alexander Hamilton, Ruby Bridges, Iqbal Masih, Malala Yousafzai, and Autumn Peltier-through kid-friendly text and full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page.
Title: Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change (Kid Legends): 6
Author: Robin Stevenson
ISBN: 9781683691419
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Publisher: Quirk Books
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
Number of Pages: 208
Weight: 0.4301 kg
Equally charming and informative. -Booklist
[The activists'] stories offer inspiration as well as memorable moments. A broadly diverse roster of role models. -Kirkus Reviews
The vivid details of each activist's story, combined with vibrant illustrations, demonstrate that every civil rights hero and popular firebrand started out as children, just like the rest of us. -School Library Journal
Engaging and empowering. -YAYOMG.com
Kids will be drawn in. -Chicago Parent
In accessible but never patronizing prose, [Stevenson] sketches the stories of her subjects' childhoods, deftly setting the scene for each one and providing informative details, engaging quotes, and sometimes humorous anecdotes. -Mombian
With comic-like illustrations by Allison Steinfeld, kids will be drawn in by the short chapters and stories of history-changing grownups who were once children, too. -Metro Parent
Illustrate[s] a wide variety of early influences and backgrounds, proving to kids that where they come from isn't important when fixing something that is. -Terri Schlichenmeyer, Bookworm Sez
An engrossing page-turner that will leave readers of all ages feeling inspired and empowered! -Word Spelunking
Praise for the Kid Legends series:
Just like history class, only hilarious. -Tim Federle, author of Better Nate Than Ever, on Kid Presidents by David Stabler
Outstanding... Inspiring and entertaining. -Booklist, starred review, on Kid Athletes by David Stabler
With cartoonish illustrations that will attract fans of Jeff Kinney's The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Rachel Renee Russell's The Dork Diaries, this informative offering leaves no presidential childhood rock unturned. -School Library Journal, on Kid Presidents by David Stabler
I can think of no better way to convey to children that their heroes were once just like them. -Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star, on Kid Scientists by David Stabler
Impressively diverse. -Booklist, on Kid Artists by David Stabler
A heartening reminder that 17 unconventional greats-not to mention all the rest-started out as children too. -Kirkus Reviews, on Kid Artists by David Stabler
Filled with cute illustrations. . . [and] mini-biographies that are interesting, funny, and, most importantly, relevant to kids today. -Geek Dad, on Kid Scientists by David Stabler
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