Kid Innovators
  • Published: 18 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9781683692270
  • Imprint: Quirk Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $22.99

Kid Innovators

True Tales of Childhood from Inventors and Trailblazers

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Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell stories from the early years of a diverse group of innovators like Grace Hopper, Reshma Saujani, Jacques Cousteau, Jonas Salk, Alan Turing, Walt Disney, and more.

Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, Madam C. J. Walker, Hedy Lamarr, Walt Disney, and 12 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.
  • Alvin Ailey felt like a failure at sports.

Featuring kid-friendly text and full-color illustrations, readers will learn about the young lives of people like Grace Hopper, Steve Jobs, Reshma Saujani, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright Brothers, William Kamkwamba, Elon Musk, Jonas Salk, and Maria Montessori.
  • Published: 18 May 2021
  • ISBN: 9781683692270
  • Imprint: Quirk Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $22.99
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