Amazing Activists Who Are Changing Our World : People Power series - Rebecca Schiller

Amazing Activists Who Are Changing Our World

People Power series

By: Rebecca Schiller, Sophie Beer (Illustrator)

Hardcover | 29 March 2022

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Discover the stories of 20 amazing activists who are caring for our planet and its people.

Learn about 20 amazing activists from around the world, all working to make the planet a better place. Fascinating facts about each activist's life and times are accompanied by bright and accessible illustrations, making this book ideal for young children wanting to learn about incredible people who through their brave actions have changed the world for the better. A practical activity to inspire activism is included alongside each eye-opening story to encourage children to stand up for what they believe in and discover their own activist powers. Positive, uplifting and packed full of information, this book will show children that no one is too small to make a difference. Activists featured: Sonita Alizdeh; Rachel Carson; Favio Chavez; Mahatma Gandhi; Jane Goodall; Helen Keller; Martin Luther King Jr; Nelson Mandela; Wangari Maathai; Aditya Mukarji; Emmeline Pankhurst; Autumn Peltier; Boyan Slat; Gareth Thomas; Greta Thunberg; Harriet Tubman; William Wilberforce; Ai Weiwei; Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah; Malala Yousafzai

About the Author

Rebecca Schiller is an author, journalist and activist. She is co-founder and trustee of the human rights charity Birthrights, a regular contributor to the Guardian and works two acres in the English countryside to encourage wildlife and grow food for her family. People Power: Amazing Activists is her first book for children.

About the Illustrator

Sophie Beer is an award-winning illustrator/author living in Brisbane, Australia. She completed a dual degree in Law and Creative Industries with distinction at Queensland University of Technology but now works primarily in children's and editorial illustration. Revelling in colour, shape and texture, she lives by one simple rule: art should never be boring. When she's not illustrating and writing, she thinks a lot about plants, animals, music, books, and equality. She lives in Australia.

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