Ordinary People Change the World, Brad Meltzer
Ordinary People Change the World, Brad Meltzer
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Ordinary People Change the World
I am Amelia Earhart; I am Abraham Lincoln; I am Rosa Parks; and 14 Other Heroes

Author: Brad Meltzer

Narrator: Various

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/10/2024


Synopsis

Seventeen biographies from the New York Times bestselling series narrated by a full cast!

What makes a hero? Brad Meltzer and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos answer that question, one great role model at a time. This audiobook collection includes:

I am Billie Jean King
I am Neil Armstrong
I am Sonia Sotomayor
I am Abraham Lincoln
I am Amelia Earhart
I am Rosa Parks
I am Albert Einstein
I am Jackie Robinson
I am Lucille Ball
I am Helen Keller
I am Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am George Washington
I am Jane Goodall
I am Jim Henson
I am Gandhi
I am Sacagawea
I am Harriet Tubman

Each picture book--adapted for audio--tells the story of a significant historical figure in a simple, conversational, playful way, always focusing on a character trait that makes the hero a role model for kids.

Author Bio

As a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Brad Meltzer has led a very full personal and professional life. He is one of those rare authors who have been quite successful in different genres of writing. He has had success in fiction, non-fiction, advice, and comics. It must be very satisfying to be so diversified as a writer. He graduated from Columbia Law School and was selected to the Columbia Law Review.

His works of fiction encompass: The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, The Millionaires, The President's Shadow, and his latest, The Escape Artist. Non-Fiction: History Decoded, Advice (Heroes for My Son..... Heroes for My Daughter), Children's books: I Am Amelia Earhart and I Am Abraham Lincoln, and comics: Justice League of America.

Meltzer is host of Brad Meltzer's Last History on H2 and Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the History Channel. As if that is not enough, he was also responsible for helping find the missing 9/11 flag that was raised by the firefighters at Ground Zero. Using his tv show, he had a former Marine walk in to return the flag. It is now in the 9/11 Museum in New York City.

Meltzer is very attuned to his research, so that fictional books have elements of authenticity. He even had former President's Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush give him advice. He has also participated in Homeland Security round table discussions. There are very few, if any, American authors as diversified as Brad Meltzer.

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