| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
111 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Die-cut holes in cover. |
| Summary |
Discover fifty real heroes -- and learn to become one yourself. This book teaches boys everywhere that being a hero only requires being yourself -- but your best self. Bright, colorful portraits by over a dozen international artists accompany true stories of men and women who knew that character -- things like integrity, compassion, and courage -- mixed with their own unique gifts -- creativity, fitness, curiosity, and more -- could make the world a better place. |
| Contents |
William Wilberforce -- Ralph Lazo -- Dav Pilkey -- Mary Anning -- Jackie Robinson -- Stephen Hawking -- Helen Keller -- Jim Henson -- Todd Beamer -- Louis Braille -- Malala Yousafzai -- Abraham Lincoln -- Jamie Oliver -- Sir Edmund Hillary -- Jane Goodall -- Kathrine Switzer -- J.J. Abrams -- Booker T. Washington -- John Wooden -- Corrie ten Boom -- Jon Huntsman Sr. -- Caesar Rodney -- Jonas Salk -- César Chávez -- Chris Williams -- Marie Curie -- Duke Kahanamoku -- Ellen Ochoo -- Yasuteru Yamada -- Fred Rogers -- Frederick Douglass -- "Stagecoach Mary" Fields -- Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz -- Iván Fernández -- J.K. Rowling -- Joshua Chamberlain -- Julie Child -- Katherine Johnson -- Lin-Manuel Miranda -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Mahandas Gandhi -- Mother Teresa -- Niels Bohr -- Sarah Emma Edmonds -- Shavarsh Vladimiri Karapetyan -- Harriet Tubman -- Sir Earnest Shackleton -- Gail Halverson -- William Tyndale -- Tegla Loroupe. |
| Subject |
Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Fifty real heroes for boys |
| ISBN |
9781733633505 (hardback) |
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1733633502 (hardback) |
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