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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Artist
Reynolds, Luke
ISBN
9781582707341
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Aladdin/Beyond Words
ISBN-10
1582707340
ISBN-13
9781582707341
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038627454

Product Key Features

Book Title
Even more Fantastic Failures : True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Biography & Autobiography / General, General, History / General
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Luke Reynolds
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2020-002023
Reviews
In this follow-up to Fantastic Failures (2018), Reynolds shares stories of more people who found their way to success after failure. The names are famous--Barack Obama, Beyoncé Knowles, Greta Thunberg--and not so famous--like social worker and philanthropist Alan Naiman, and inventor of Kevlar, Stephanie Kwolek. They are diverse in age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, and the areas of their passions, but they all have one thing in common: They achieved and excelled only after intense, often prolonged, rejection, pain, confusion, difficulty, and/or discouragement. Reynolds uses the engaging technique of hooking readers by opening each profile with a paragraph that describes an easy, predictable climb to the top, written in the familiar tone of many puff pieces. He then follows this fictional, idealistic story with the real one. This pattern helps readers see that stories of easy success are much less interesting and impressive than tales of hard-won glory. Toward the end of each story, Reynolds addresses readers with thoughtful advice based on the life in question, encouraging them to see difficulties and detours as steppingstones on their paths to their purposes. The chapters are adorned with black-and-white portraits of each individual, tiny sidebars highlighting additional personalities, and separate, pagelong sections called "The Flop Files" with still more examples. A list of questions at the end encourages readers to think deeply about intrinsic motivation, core values, and big dreams. Directly and humorously written, this volume will cultivate a growth mindset. (Nonfiction. 8-14)
Grade From
Third Grade
Grade To
Seventh Grade
Synopsis
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, Beyoncé, 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., Earn good grades. Be the star athlete. Get rich and famous. And do it all while juggling fireballs and balancing swords on your head! Success should never involve struggle, fear, and rejection, right? Nope! Wrong! Success means copying the goals of whoever is most popular and most celebrated, right? Wrong again' Success-and being true to who you are-doesn't happen without a lot of failures along the way. Right on! In Even More Fantastic Failures, check out the rejections, mistakes, and struggles faced by some of the most remarkable people in history and today including: Barack Obama, Greta Thunberg, Robert Indiana, Beyoncé, Nick Foles, Mindy Kaling, Socrates and many more! Failing is a part of every success, and struggle is a part of every triumph. Sometimes the end result doesn't match your initial hope, or even after you succeed, you realize your path lies elsewhere. But success and failure don't have to be defined by social media (whew!)-because sometimes the most significant achievements are those that don't get the most attention. It you struggle, you are not alone. If you fail, you are in good company. By holding on and defining success according to who you are, where might failure lead you? Book jacket.
LC Classification Number
CT120.R475 2020

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