Real Lives, Unsung Heroes
Fearless Men and Women who Changed the World
Toby Reynolds and Paul Calver
Through the Real Lives books, children will meet some remarkable individuals who refused to accept the status quo. Each entry in these riveting books explores how these individuals had an extraordinary impact on the world, 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. (Ages 10 and up)
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
