Never Too Young: 50 Unstoppable Kids Who Made a Difference

Kids and young adults accomplish amazing things, as Weintraub shows in 50 profiles. Horton features each individual, their portraits enclosed in frames set against playful, thematic backgrounds. The subjects range from artists to inventors, activists to scientists. They include Joan of Arc, Louis Braille, S.E. Hinton, Tavi Gevinson, Pablo Picasso, and Venus and Serena Williams. The figures each receive a page that describes how their curiosity, passion, or quest led to their achievements and notoriety: “Some children ask their parents if they can have a cat or dog, but Aisholpan, a 10-year-old girl living in the mountains of Mongolia, asked her parents for an eagle,” Weintraub writes of Aisholpan Nurgaiv, known as the Eagle Huntress. By focusing on individuals from different eras and geographies, Weintraub affirms that there are myriad ways to live and to make an impact. Ages 8–12. [em](Sept.) [/em]