Stories for kids who dare to be different : true tales of amazing people who stood up and stood out

Brooks, Ben, 1992- author.

Book 2018

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.

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ISBN:

9780762468553
0762468556

Edition:

First U.S. edition

Description:

159 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Stories for kids who dare to be different

Notes:

"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 $tteacher 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

LCCN:

2018938087

Control Number:

3001453

Other Authors:

Winter, Quinton, illustrator

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