Kid Scientists: True Tales of Childhood from Science Superstars [Hardcover]

Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, Marie Curie, and 12 other brilliant scientists.

Every great scientist started out as a kid. Before their experiments, inventions, and discoveries that changed the world, the world's most celebrated scientists had regular-kid problems just like you.Stephen Hawkinghated school, and preferred to spend his free time building model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer.Jane Goodallgot in trouble for bringing worms and snails into her house. And Neil deGrasse Tyson had to start a dog-walking business to save up money to buy a telescope. Kid Scientists tells the stories of a diverse and inclusive group—also includingTemple Grandin, Nikola Tesla,Ada Lovelace, Benjamin Franklin,Isaac Newton, Rosalind Franklin, Sally Ride,Rachel Carson, George Washington Carver, andVera Rubin—through kid-friendly texts and full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page.#1 on the New York Journal of Books Notable Children's Books 2018 list

“For your budding astrophysicist, inventor, doctor, environmentalist, or mathematician, Kid Scientists will open her eyes with mini-bios of interesting and accomplished people.”— Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez

“This book is a great way to encourage kids who already love science to pursue their interests as well as to show kids who are not motivated by traditional schooling that there are many paths to greatness.”—American Scientist Magazine 

“Portraits of 16 bright lights in the scientific firmament, with particular focus on some of their lesser-knls)