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Kid Activists Robin Stevenson

Kid Activists By Robin Stevenson

Kid Activists by Robin Stevenson


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Summary

Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell stories from the challenging but defining years of Martin Luther King, Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Malala Yousafzai, and 12 other inspiring activists who championed our civil liberties-and shaped the world.

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Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change by Robin Stevenson

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.

Kid Activists Reviews

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

About Robin Stevenson

Robin Stevenson is an award-winning author of more than twenty books for kids and teens. Her writing has been translated into a number of languages, published in more than ten countries, and nominated for many awards. Her YA novel, A Thousand Shades of Blue, was a finalist for Canada s top literary honor, the Governor General s Award. Her YA non-fiction book, Pride, was a Stonewall Honor book and was selected to ALA s Rainbow List. She lives with her partner in Victoria, British Columbia, with their son, dog, and cat

Table of Contents

PART 1: LEADING THE WAY
Frederick Douglass: A Determination to Be Free
Susan B. Anthony: Failure Is Impossible
Harvey Milk: Coming Out for Equality
Dolores Huerta: Si, Se Puede!

PART 2: TAKING A STAND
Rosa Parks: Taking a Stand by Taking a Seat
Martin Luther King Jr.: Big Words, Big Changes
James Baldwin: Writing as Activism
Nelson Mandela: Father of a Nation

PART 3: UNUSUAL CHILDHOODS, POWERFUL VOICES
Emma Watson: From Hogwarts to the United Nations
Janet Mock: Speaking Her Truth
Helen Keller: The Mystery of Language
Alexander Hamilton: An Unlikely Beginning

PART 4: CHILD ACTIVISTS
Ruby Bridges: Brave Little Ruby
Iqbal Masih: Fighting to End Child Slavery
Malala Yousafzai: The Girl Who Fought for Education
Autumn Peltier: Water Protector

Additional information

GOR010508395
9781683691419
1683691415
Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change by Robin Stevenson
Used - Like New
Hardback
Quirk Books
20190924
208
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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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