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Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2021-02-16
Page Count
208
Publisher
Quirk Books
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9781683692270
Lexile
960
Themes
inventors
STEM

Kid Innovators: True Tales of Childhood from Inventors and Trailblazers (Kid Legends)

Written by Robin Stevenson and Illustrated by Allison Steinfeld

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.
  • 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.

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Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2021-02-16
Page Count
208
Publisher
Quirk Books
Grade Level
3rd - 7th
ISBN
9781683692270
Lexile
960
Themes
inventors
STEM
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