Kid Trailblazers
True Tales of Childhood from Changemakers and Leaders

Name: Kid Trailblazers
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Robin Stevenson
ISBN: 9798200905195

Author: Robin Stevenson

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 3 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 08/23/2022

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, History

Synopsis

Inspiring, relatable, and totally true biographies tell the childhood stories of a diverse group of trailblazers including Kamala Harris, Greta Thunberg, Ai Weiwei, Benazir Bhutto, Elliot Page, and John Lewis, along with ten other powerful figures.Featuring kid-friendly text, Kid Trailblazers highlights contemporary figures who have led the way in government, social activism, environmental justice, and the arts. Middle grade listeners will learn how these people got their start as kids just like them, with impactful stories and fun facts, such as:Angela Merkel once won a trip to Moscow, where she bought a Beatles album,Stacey Abrams and her siblings played pretend as librarians for fun, andAl Gore lived in a hotel as a kid and liked to drop water balloons off the roof.Kid Trailblazers explores the childhood stories of leaders who have taken on the most pressing issues of our time by expressing themselves and challenging the world.

About Robin Stevenson

Robin Stevenson is an award-winning author of thirty books for kids and teens. Her writing has been translated into a number of languages and published in more than a dozen countries. She lives with her family on the west coast of Canada.

About Erin Bennett

Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood: Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on January 08, 2023

If you're a parent or teacher I cannot recommend these collections enough! Kid Trailblazers is the latest and I think most focused on contemporary or nearly contemporary figures who have made a difference as activists for social and environmental justice, or making change through art. It even includ......more

Goodreads review by Tiff on January 22, 2022

I absolutely adored this book! The art was just so cute, and it was very informative. I really liked the focus on different areas - leadership, arts, social change. A great read. Thank you to NetGalley and Quirk for granting me the opportunity to read and review this book in advance!......more

Goodreads review by Wren on November 03, 2022

This is a fantastic way to encourage tweens to take changemaking / leadership roles now and not to just dream of being an activist for change or a leader in the future. Stevenson provides profiles that emphasize the activities these famous people took as children that foreshadowed their future achie......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on December 13, 2022

Kid Trailblazers by Robin Stevenson, illustrated by Allison Steinfeld (Quirk Books, 2022) includes brief biographies of “changemakers and leaders,” focusing on events and habits formed in each of their childhoods. I loved that some of those highlighted were from around the world. The biographies were......more

Goodreads review by Angela on April 26, 2023

Quotes

“A diverse array of many lesser-known leaders around the world who have paved the way for innovation and change…An important nonfiction collection.” School Library Journal (starred review)

“Inspiring examples for younger would-be world-changers.” Kirkus Reviews