Bibliograph

Kid innovators, True tales of childhood from inventors and trailblazers., Robin Stevenson

Type

Label

Kid innovators, True tales of childhood from inventors and trailblazers., Robin Stevenson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kid innovators

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Robin Stevenson

Series statement

Kid Legends

Sub title

True tales of childhood from inventors and trailblazers.

Summary

Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, Madam C. J. Walker, Hedy Lamarr, Walt Disney, and 12 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. Featuring kid-friendly text and full-color illustrations, readers will learn about the young lives of people like Grace Hopper , Steve Jobs , Reshma Saujani , Jacques Cousteau , the Wright Brothers , William Kamkwamba , Elon Musk , Jonas Salk , and Maria Montessori

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator