Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World
A fully illustrated book collecting important, impactful, and inspiring words from amazing people who have made a difference by a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator team.

The things we say, write, and sing can inspire, comfort, uplift, and excite other people. But words do not only provoke emotions, they lead to action too. This book, like most others, is a collection of words. What makes these words different is how they changed the world and changed peoples' lives. Some of them were heard by millions of people around the planet, while others were written in personal letters from one person to another. Learn more about 75 people throughout history who have used their words to make a difference in the world, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nujeen Mustafa, Lin Yutang, Lydia Maria Child, Malala, Socrates, Sampa the Great, and more. Fully illustrated with art by Quinton Winter, this new middle grade book is sure to uplift and inspire young readers to use words to change the world.
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Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World
A fully illustrated book collecting important, impactful, and inspiring words from amazing people who have made a difference by a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator team.

The things we say, write, and sing can inspire, comfort, uplift, and excite other people. But words do not only provoke emotions, they lead to action too. This book, like most others, is a collection of words. What makes these words different is how they changed the world and changed peoples' lives. Some of them were heard by millions of people around the planet, while others were written in personal letters from one person to another. Learn more about 75 people throughout history who have used their words to make a difference in the world, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nujeen Mustafa, Lin Yutang, Lydia Maria Child, Malala, Socrates, Sampa the Great, and more. Fully illustrated with art by Quinton Winter, this new middle grade book is sure to uplift and inspire young readers to use words to change the world.
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Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World

Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World

Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World

Dare to Be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World

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Overview

A fully illustrated book collecting important, impactful, and inspiring words from amazing people who have made a difference by a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator team.

The things we say, write, and sing can inspire, comfort, uplift, and excite other people. But words do not only provoke emotions, they lead to action too. This book, like most others, is a collection of words. What makes these words different is how they changed the world and changed peoples' lives. Some of them were heard by millions of people around the planet, while others were written in personal letters from one person to another. Learn more about 75 people throughout history who have used their words to make a difference in the world, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nujeen Mustafa, Lin Yutang, Lydia Maria Child, Malala, Socrates, Sampa the Great, and more. Fully illustrated with art by Quinton Winter, this new middle grade book is sure to uplift and inspire young readers to use words to change the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780762479153
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date: 03/22/2022
Series: The Dare to Be Different Series
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 78 MB
Note: This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ben Brooks is a New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Grow Up, Lolito, Hurra, Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, and Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different.

Quinton Winter is a British illustrator, artist, and colorist. He has worked for many clients including the Guardian newspaper, Walker Books, Vertigo Comics, and the BBC.

Table of Contents

Jay Abdo 1

Louisa May Alcott 2

Julie Andrews 4

Jane Austen 6

Layne Beachley 8

Tatiana Bilbao 10

Elif Bilgin 12

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 14

Julia Bluhm 16

Berta Cáceres 18

José Raúl Capablanca 20

Lydia Maria Child 22

Crowfoot 24

Marie Curie 26

David Deutsch 28

Edsger W. Dijkstra 30

Max Ehrman 32

Ralph Waldo Emerson 34

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 36

Anne Frank 38

Anurudh Ganesan 40

Dame Evelyn Glennie 42

Selena Gomez 44

Yash Gupta 46

Edward Everett Hale 48

Milada Horáková 50

Mollie Hughes 52

Gertrude Jekyll 54

Matina Katsiveli 56

Helen Keller 58

Wanda Landowska 60

Jonah Larson 62

Rita Levi-Montalcini 64

Dorothy Levitt 66

Sol Lewitt 68

Johannes Lichenauer 70

Graça Machel 72

Nicole Maines 74

Spyridon Marinatos 76

Aisa Mijeno 78

Nujeen Mustafa 80

Mei Lin Neo 82

Nezahualcoyotl 84

Florence Nightingale 86

Helena Norberg-Hodge 88

Dolly Parton 90

Itzhak Perlman 92

Plautus 94

Marco Pontes 96

Dawn Prince-Hughes 98

Marcus Rashford 100

Rainer Maria Rilke 102

Adi Roche 104

Rumi 106

Ryokan 108

Jonas Salk 110

Sampa The Great 112

Robert Schumann 114

Ignaz Semmelweis 116

Seneca 118

Chen Shu-Chu 120

Carl Theodor Sørensen 122

Freya Stark 124

Junko Tabei 126

Brother Peter Tabichi 128

Greta Thunberg 130

Desmond Tutu 132

United Nations General Assembly 134

Gianni Versace 136

Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti 138

Patrick Weil 140

Melati Wijsen & Isabel Wijsen 142

Marguerite Yourcenar 144

Malala Yousafzai 146

Lin Yutang 148

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