Superhero Kids

By Micaela Myers

Twenty-one real kids. Nineteen ways to change the world.

Robbie was twelve when he gentled his first wild mustang. Sammie was in third grade when she put a buddy bench on her playground. She's since helped more than 650 schools do the same. Ryan started recycling at age three and has kept over 2.5 million cans and bottles out of landfills. Tyler invented a two-dollar saliva test for a deficiency that affects two billion people.

Superhero Kids profiles nineteen young people from across the country who found something they cared about and did something about it. They bake cookies to fund rare disease research, play music to calm shelter animals, sew bow ties to pay for veterinary care, and build phone apps that warn deaf people when a fire alarm sounds. Some started at five. Some started last year. None of them waited until they grew up.

In their own words, each one shares how they began, what surprised them along the way, and what they'd tell another kid with an idea.

The book closes with a Find Your Passion Project questionnaire to help readers discover their own-plus candid advice from the parents who supported these projects without taking them over. A natural fit for classrooms, service-learning units, scouting, and youth groups.

Illustrated throughout by Leslie Lumeh. Ideal for grades 4-8 and service-learning units."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1736273280
• ISBN13: 9781736273289
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Ardea Herodias Books
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7