Stories for kids who dare to be different : true tales of amazing people who stood up and stood out
Title:
Stories for kids who dare to be different : true tales of amazing people who stood up and stood out
Author:
Brooks, Ben, 1992- author.
ISBN:
9780762468553
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description:
159 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain in October 2018 by Quercus Editions, Ltd, a Hachette UK company."
Contents:
Adeline -- Tiffanie Suwana -- Adam Rippon -- Ana Nzinga Mbande -- Andrea Bocelli -- Ananda Gopal Joshi -- Andrew Carnegie -- Andrea Dunbar -- Andy Warhol -- Anna Akhmatova -- Chris Colfer -- Biddy Mason -- Chris Preddie -- Bikini kill -- Christopher Robin -- Björk -- Constantin Brâncuşi -- Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher -- Deng Adut -- Christine de Pizan -- Dobri Dobrev -- Dorothy Dietrich -- Dr Seuss -- Elizabeth of Hungary -- The Edelweiss pirates -- Ellen MacArthur -- Ellen & William Craft -- Emma González -- Eric Underwood -- Evonne Goolagong Cawley -- Eugene Hütz -- Gertrude Stein -- Hans Christian Andersen -- Greta Gerwig -- Hermeto Pascoal -- Hannah Herbst -- Jack Johnson -- Hua Mulan -- John Bradburne -- Indira Ranamagar -- John Boyega -- Irena Sendler -- Kelvin Doe -- Jamie Chadwick -- Kesz Valdez -- Jessica Cox -- Liam Davis -- Joan of Arc -- Luke Ambler -- Juana Inés de la Cruz -- Mohamed Taher -- Juliette Gordon Low -- Naoto Matsumura -- Katie Sandwina -- Ocean Vuong -- Kenojuak Ashevak -- Orville & Wilbur Wright -- Kim Soo-Nyung -- Peter Jackson -- Lady Godiva -- Pope Francis -- Leticia Bufoni -- Robert Smith -- Lise Meitner -- Roberta Cowell -- Loujain Al-Hathloul -- Ryan White -- Lyda Conley -- Saroo Brierley -- Margarete Steiff -- Savion Glover -- Maria Lorena Barros -- Shah Rukh Khan -- Maria Spelterini -- Simón Bolívar -- Megan Hine -- Sócrates -- Ronda Rousey -- Srinivasa Ramanujan -- Rosie Swale-Pope -- Stanislav Petrov -- Sally Ride -- Taka Zenryu Kawakami -- Savanna Karmue -- The Innocence Project -- Sophie Blanchard -- The White Helmets -- Sophie Pascoe -- Thomas Neuwirth -- The teacher from the St. Nicolai kindergarden -- Tsali -- Tu Youyou -- Vidal Sassoon -- Ursula K. Le Guin -- Werner Herzog -- Vera Rubin -- William Buckland -- Whoopi Goldberg -- Witold Pilecki -- Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini -- Yuan Longping.
Abstract:
Profiles over seventy people who broke the rules and smashed stereotypes, including such figures as Emma Gonzalez, Andy Warhol, Bjork, Hans Christian Andersen, and Sally Ride.
Added Author: