Even More Fantastic Failures
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Even More Fantastic Failures

True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First

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eBook - ePub

Even More Fantastic Failures

True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First

About this book

Even the most well-known people have struggled to succeed! This follow-up to Fantastic Failures offers up a second dose of fascinating stories featuring flops that turned into triumphs. Kids today are under a lot of pressure to succeed, but failure has an important place in life as young people learn how to be a successful person. In his teaching career, Luke Reynolds saw the stress and anxiety his students suffered, whether it was over grades, fitting in, or simply getting things right the first time. Even More Fantastic Failures is a second installment in Luke Reynolds's personal campaign to show kids it's okay to fall down or make mistakes, just so long as you try, try again!Kids will read about a host of inspiring, courageous, and diverse people who have accomplished—or still are accomplishing—big things to make this world a better place. A wide range of stories about Barack Obama, Greta Thunberg, Nick Foles, Emma Gonzalez, BeyoncĂ©, Ryan Coogler, John Cena, Socrates, and even the Jamaican national women's soccer team, prove that the greatest mistakes and flops can turn into something amazing. In between these fun profiles, Reynolds features great scientists and other pivotal people whose game-changing discovery started as a failure. Readers will enjoy seeing stories they know highlighted in the new feature "Off the Page and On the Screen, " which showcases how failures and successes are presented in books and film.Each profile includes advice to readers on how to come back from their own flops and move forward to succeed.

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Information

Publisher
Aladdin/Beyond Words
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781534464896
Print ISBN
9781582707341

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Barack Obama
  6. Chapter 2: Kehkashan Basu
  7. Chapter 3: Alan Naiman
  8. Chapter 4: Nick Foles
  9. Chapter 5: Emma Gonzalez
  10. Chapter 6: Ryan Coogler
  11. Chapter 7: Boyan Slat
  12. Chapter 8: The Reggae Girlz (the Jamaican Women’s National Soccer Team)
  13. Chapter 9: Lin-Manuel Miranda
  14. Chapter 10: John Cena
  15. Chapter 11: Joan of Arc
  16. Chapter 12: Socrates
  17. Chapter 13: Phiona Mutesi
  18. Chapter 14: Stephanie Kwolek
  19. Chapter 15: Robert Indiana
  20. Chapter 16: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  21. Chapter 17: Carvens Lissaint
  22. Chapter 18: Cristina Martinez
  23. Chapter 19: Ayanna Pressley
  24. Chapter 20: Mohamad Al Jounde
  25. Chapter 21: Mindy Kaling
  26. Chapter 22: Patricia Smith
  27. Chapter 23: Lorenzo Santillan, Cristian Arcega, Oscar Vazquez, and Luis Aranda (Carl Hayden Community High School Robotics Squad)
  28. Chapter 24: Jeremy Stoppelman
  29. Chapter 25: Beyoncé Knowles
  30. Chapter 26: Greta Thunberg
  31. Chapter 27: Lois Jenson
  32. Chapter 28: New Orleans Superdome
  33. Chapter 29: Grace Hopper
  34. Chapter 30: Haifaa Al-Mansour
  35. Conclusion
  36. Off the Page and on the Screen: Fantastic Failures from the Worlds of Film and Literature!
  37. Exercise: Creative Questions on Failure, Success, and All the Tangents in between to Get Your Mind Moving and Your Heart Pumping!
  38. Acknowledgments
  39. About the Author
  40. Copyright