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How to Change the World
Fifteen true stories of incredible teamwork
Rashmi Sirdeshpande, illustrated by Annabel Tempest
(Penguin Random House)
How to Change the World
£6.99
Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Annabel Tempest extend their investigation into inspiring trailblazers in How to Change the World. Fifteen examples of teamwork are examined which inform, entertain and inspire.
We travel through history and around the globe learning of brave, resilient people who identified and fought for important causes. These include those who sought to form the International Space Station (ISS) that created ‘the third brightest thing in the sky after the sun and the moon’. Then there are the brave women who stood against the oppressive tyranny of their working conditions in the Matchwomen’s Strike of 1888.
While we read about the Campaign for Votes for Women, Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Annabel Tempest extend their information, so that we learn how indigenous women of Canada and Australia could not vote until the 1960’s. It took until 1993 until black South African women could vote!
The story of Sunder Paliwal whose grief at the loss of his daughter, and the destruction of his Piplantri habitat led to a tree planting revolution that benefited the women of this area, is breathtaking!
Bookwagon recommends How to Change the World with urgency! These stories inspire, captivate and inform. Furthermore, reading of others who led and fought for fairness and change is a boost to everyone during times of difficulty.
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