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Kid Innovators
True Tales of Childhood from Inventors and TrailblazersBy Robin StevensonNarrated by Elisabeth RodgersLength3h 7m
About this audiobook
Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, the Wright Brothers, Walt Disney, and 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. And Alvin Ailey felt like a failure at sports. Listeners will learn about the young lives of people like Grace Hopper, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Reshma Saujani, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright Brothers, William Kamkwamba, Elon Musk, Hedy Lamarr, Jonas Salk, Maria Montessori, Madam C. J. Walker, and Walt Disney.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (228)
Includes Amazon, Goodreads, StoryGraph
GenreChildren's Literature
Length3 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byElisabeth Rodgers
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish
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