Celebrated in this picture book for older grades are men from different countries and backgrounds who, in their various fields, have changed the world through peaceful means. A full page is devoted to providing basic information on how each man has made a contribution for change and has helped others, whether, for example, through filmmaking (Akira Kurowasa), sports (Greg Louganis, Pelé), arts (Langston Hughes, Rudolph Nureyev), sci ences (Ivan Pavlov, Jacques-Yves Cousteau), or social and political activism (Badshah Khan, Cesar Chavez). An accompanying illustration in “mixed media” represents each man embedded in a design that symbolizes his work. A companion book, Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World (Charlesbridge, 2005), also received the Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. A bibliography is included. 2006 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. hc

This companion to the best-selling AMELIA TO ZORA features twenty-six amazing men. From Akira Kurisawa, filmmaker, to Zoltán Kodály, musical innovator, learn what inspired each man to change the world around him. Detailed collages draw from various events in the men's lives.