Kid President's Guide to Being Awesome

by Robby Novak, Brad Montague

Overview

"This is LIFE, people! You've got air coming through your nose! You've got a heartbeat! That means it's time to do something!" announces Kid President in his book, Kid President's Guide to Being Awesome. From YouTube sensation (75 million views and counting!) to Hub Network summer series star, Kid President—ten-year-old Robby Novak—and his videos have inspired millions to dance more, to celebrate life, and to throw spontaneous parades.

In his Guide to Being Awesome, Kid President pulls together lists of awesome ideas to help the world, awesome interviews with his awesome celebrity friends (he has interviewed Beyoncé!), and a step-by-step guide to make pretty much everything a little bit awesomer. Grab a corn dog and settle in to your favorite comfy chair. Pretend it's your birthday! (In fact, treat everyone like it's THEIR birthday!) Kid President is here with a 240-page, full-color Guide to Being Awesome that'll spread love and inspire the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062358691
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	02/03/2015
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Lexile:	820L (what's this?)
File size:	70 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Robby Novak is known to millions as Kid President. He is 11 years old. He loves corndogs and basketball and has kissed Beyoncé. Together, he and his brother-in-law, Brad Montague, are on a mission to inspire kids and grown-ups to make the world more awesome. Robby has osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a brittle bone condition that has resulted in his having more than 70 breaks since birth. His condition doesn't keep him from living large, busting out sweet dance moves on a daily basis, or honoring his presidential writing duties alongside Brad. This is their first book.

Robby Novak is known to millions as Kid President. He is 11 years old. He loves corndogs and basketball and has kissed Beyoncé. Together, he and his brother-in-law, Brad Montague, are on a mission to inspire kids and grown-ups to make the world more awesome. Robby has osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a brittle bone condition that has resulted in his having more than 70 breaks since birth. His condition doesn't keep him from living large, busting out sweet dance moves on a daily basis, or honoring his presidential writing duties alongside Brad. This is their first book.

Editorial Reviews

"You've got a heartbeat! Now it's time to do somethin'! It's everybody's duty to give the world a reason to dance." Little Robby Novak is just ten years old, but for the past three years, he has been entertaining truly vast YouTube audiences as Kid President. At this writing, one of his videos has gained more than 35 million views. In this new book, he spreads his heartening, upbeat message to his ever growing young constituency. (P.S. Young Robby isn't just a viral sensation; he's an authentic pint-sized hero. He was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, the brittle bone disease, and has spent much of his young life in hospitals.

2015-03-10
A buoyant young YouTube celebrity's experiences and outlook spawn 240 pages of uplift.It's all hung on a 100-point (!) program for awesomeness that begins with "Put down your phone" and ends with "Start writing on a page and then lose track of…" (and is helpfully repeated at the end of the book as a checklist). This patchwork assemblage of slogans, photos, recipes, instructions, side projects, short interviews with dozens of activists, and banter with co-author/producer/brother-in-law Montague boogies along as energetically as its (now) 11-year-old frontman. The irrepressible Novak was propelled to viral fame by the 2012 video "Pep Talk" (included in transcription, with new cartoon illustrations). He lights up his subsequent encounters with fellow celebrities from President Barack Obama and Beyoncé to Justin Timberlake and Timberlake's grandma—as well as such bright if less-visible luminaries as the founders of a beauty pageant for special needs participants and "Make a Stand," a lemonade-based anti-child-slavery initiative. Blending generalities with specific actions, the life advice runs to upbeat witticisms like "Don't sweat the small stuff. Life is short and deodorant is expensive"; "Don't be in a party. Be a party"; "High five your dentist"; and "Practice the art of the unexpected burrito." It's organizationally overwhelming, with a design aesthetic that seems to spurn consistency across more than four pages. Light as air, sneakily earnest, chock-full of worthy silliness: "Be like cheese (or bacon) and make everything you touch better." (Self-help. 9-13)

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