Kid Innovators
- Author Robin Stevenson
- Narrator Elisabeth Rodgers
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 3 August 2021
- Run Time 3 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem.
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What to expect
Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, the Wright Brothers, Walt Disney, and other international innovators
Throughout history people have experimented, invented, and created new ways of doing things. Kid Innovators tells the stories of a diverse group of brilliant thinkers in fields like technology, education, business, science, art, and entertainment, reminding us that every innovator started out as a kid.
Florence Nightingale rescued baby mice. Alan Turing was a daydreamer with terrible handwriting. And Alvin Ailey felt like a failure at sports. Listeners will learn about the young lives of people like Grace Hopper, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Reshma Saujani, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright Brothers, William Kamkwamba, Elon Musk, Hedy Lamarr, Jonas Salk, Maria Montessori, Madam C. J. Walker, and Walt Disney.
Critics Review
u201cThis book inspires kids to think big and humanizes historical figures in a new and fresh way.u201d
u201cThese reads arenu2019t just educational, theyu2019re inspiringu2026Theyu2019re a great resource for school projects.u201d
u201cIn accessible but never patronizing prose, Stevenson sketches the stories of her subjectsu2019 childhoods, deftly setting the scene for each one and providing informative details, engaging quotes, and sometimes humorous anecdotes.u201d
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