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.
