It's our Business to make a Better World

Be inspired by 12 children from around the world spreading kindness with acts of social entrepreneurship in this non-fiction picture book - Read their stories, and discover how they became social campaigners - Meet eight-year-old Maya Penn from the United States who makes sustainable, artisan crafted clothes; sixteen-year-old Fabienne Overbeek from the Netherlands who sells plantable greeting cards; fourteen-year-old Jefferson Kang''acha from Kenya who builds automated hydroponics unit from recycled waste to feed his community. - Features practical back matter on how to help, with simple steps to inspire young readers to take action at home and at school

Autorentext

REBECCA HUI is a social entrepreneur whose important work has been recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30, TechCrunch, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Echoing Green, Girlboss Foundation, Unreasonable Institute, Stanford-StartX and WGSN. ANNELI BRAY is an artist and illustrator from Lancashire. She graduated from Norwich University of the Arts with a degree in Illustration in 2013. Since then she has worked as a bookseller. Her work is influenced by her love of reading, nature and travel.

Klappentext

Meet kids just like you whose acts of social enterprise are raising awareness around our responsibility to people and the planet. Learn about the work they do and discover how the future of our world starts here... with you. This non-fiction picture book includes a how-to-help section, with simple steps to inspire young readers to take action at home and at school. With a foreword from crochet prodigy Jonah Larson.