Synopsis
Through the Real Lives books, children will meet brave and unsung heroes who refused to accept the status quo.
Each entry in this riveting book explores the many ways that these individuals had an extraordinary impact on life on our planet, coming from all four corners of the globe, all walks of life, and across many different disciplines. In Unsung Heroes, children will find the stories of people who made incredible contributions to mankind. Includes Alan Turing, Asa Philip Randolph, Clara Barton, Nikola Tesla, Sojourner Truth, Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards, Wangari Maathai, Henrietta Lacks, Harvey Milk, and others. There are men and women of science and medicine, war and peace, politicians and peacemakers, social activists and resistance fighters, and more. Bold color schemes and a stylized photograph or illustration of the subject make these books hard to resist. Children will be drawn to these visually appealing books and find the stories inside of them fascinating and thought-provoking.
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Table of Contents:
What is an unsung hero?
Henrietta Lacks
Stanislav Petrov
Irena Sendler
Alan Turing
Patrick Steptoe & Robert Edwards
Barbara McClintock
Asa Philip Randolph
Mary Anning
George Washington Carver
Lincoln Beachey
Omkar Nath Sharma
Harvey Milk
Michael Faraday
Mary Seacole
Nikola Tesla
Rosalind Franklin
Svetlana Savitskaya
Percy Julian
Joe Mitty
Emily Davison
Vera Deakin White
Emmy Noether
Arunachalam Muruganantham
Wangari Maathai
Sojourner Truth
Beatrice Tinsley
Martti Ahtisaari
Abbé Pierre
More unsung heroes
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