WiththebestelementsofKIDPRESIDENTS,KIDATHLETES, KID ARTISTS, and KID AUTHORS--colorfulillustrations,kid-relatablesubjects,andrealstoriesof childhoodconflict,comedy,andtriumph--KIDSCIENTISTStellstruetalesfromthe childhoodsofawiderangeoftheworld'smostbrilliant scientistsbeforetheywere famous.Didyouknow- Jane Goodall, who would become the world's foremost expect on chimpanzees, had a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubliee as a child. She loved animals so much that she was constantly bringing them inside--including worms and snails--much to her mother's horror! Although he would one day become a brilliant theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking hated school as a child, and spent his free time assembling model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, who became a famous astrophysicist, ran a dog-walking business after school to save up money for a telescope, which he used to observe the skies from the roof of his family's apartment building. ThediverseandinclusivecastrangesfromphysicistslikeNeil DeGrasse Tyson, Marie Curie, and Stephen Hawking to inventors like Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Nikola Tesla, and includes astronaut Sally Ride, mathematician Katherine Johnson (of Hidden Figures fame), primatologist Jane Goodall, and many more, makingitaperfectadditiontolibraries, classrooms,andkids'homecollectionsalike.WithAnoosha Syed'swhimsical illustrationsbringingeverycaper,scrape,andstickysituationtolife,thisbookisa funandapproachableintroductiontothegiantsofthe scientificworld. 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 brilliantscientists. Every greatscientiststarted out as a kid. Before their experiments, inventions, and discoveries that changed the world, the world's most celebratedscientistshad regular-kid problems just like you. Stephen Hawking hated school, and preferred to spend his free time building model airplanes, inventing board games, and even building his own computer. Jane Goodall got 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 including Temple Grandin,Nikola Tesla, Ada Lovelace, Benjamin Franklin, Isaac Newton, Rosalind Franklin,Sally Ride, Rachel Carson, George Washington Carver, and Vera Rubin-through kid-friendly texts and full-color cartoon illustrations on nearly every page.