Book by Sam Kirsch

One More Chair: Young Readers' Edition

Twenty Brave Choices and the Seat Waiting for You. For ages 9 to 12.

The stories of twenty people, ten from around the world and ten from Canada, including Terry Fox, Nelson Mandela, Viola Desmond, Malala Yousafzai, Wangari Maathai and Autumn Peltier, retold for readers aged 9 to 12. Why do their choices still give us goosebumps, and how did each of them choose differently at a moment that mattered?

This edition adds illustrations, a simple decision-making tool for kids, and lessons for home and the classroom. It ends by pulling up one more chair for the reader, with questions about the climate, food and energy challenges their generation faces.

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