Title:
Heroes for my daughter
Author:
Edition:
Revised edition.
Publication Date:
2016
2012
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins Children's Books, [2016?]
©2012
Physical Description:
xv, 123 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780062439277
Abstract:
Brad Meltzer brings together the stories of fifty-five remarkable individuals, from intellectual explorers such as Marie Curie, Sally Ride, and Jane Goodall to cultural champions like Billie Jean King; from implacable public figures such as Rosa Parks and Winston Churchill to artistic icons such as Leonardo da Vinci and Stevie Wonder; and beyond.
General Note:
Content varies slightly from previous edition, published: New York : HarperStudio, ©2012.
Contents:
Marie Curie -- Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace -- Joan Ganz Cooney -- Audrey Hepburn -- Helen Keller -- Christopher Reeve -- Carol Burnett -- Amelia Earhart -- Alex Scott -- Abigail Adams -- Anne Frank -- Dorothy Day -- Judy Blume -- Sacajawea -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Julia Child -- Golda Meir -- Stevie Wonder -- Susan B. Anthony -- Nancy G. Brinker -- Clara Barton -- Sheila Spicer -- Winston Churchill -- Lisa Simpson -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Tina Turner -- The Three Stooges -- Wangari Maathai -- Agatha Christie -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Dolly Parton -- Sojourner Truth -- Branch Rickey -- Lucille Ball -- Elizabeth Blackburn -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Mary Shelley -- Rochelle Shoretz -- Tank Man -- Billie Jean King -- The heroes of United Flight 93 -- Temple Grandin -- Rosa Parks -- Jane Goodall -- The Dalai Lama -- Abraham Lincoln -- Thurgood Marshall -- Dorothea Lange -- Hannah Senesh -- Randy Pausch -- Sally Ride -- Benjamin Franklin -- Wilma Rudolph -- Dotty Rubin -- Teri Meltzer -- Cori Flam Meltzer -- Who is your hero?
Genre:
Language:
English
Audience:
Ages 4-8.
